''Potomida'' is a genus of
bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
s belonging to the subfamily
Gonideinae of the family
Unionidae
The Unionidae are a Family (biology), family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is a ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Potomida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067374 on 7 February 2022]
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia.
Species
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Potomida acarnanica''
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Potomida attica''
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Potomida berbestiensis''
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Potomida bielzi''
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Potomida breastensis''
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Potomida clivosa''
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Potomida cymatoides''
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Potomida gorjensis''
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Potomida herjei''
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Potomida intepei''
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Potomida kinzelbachi''
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Potomida littoralis''
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Potomida loewenecki'' (uncertain, unassessed)
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Potomida mactraeformis
''Potomida'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Gonideinae of the family Unionidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Potomida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
'' (temporary name, junior homonym of Unio mactraeformis Brusina, 1902; no replacement name or synonym known)
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Potomida ovata'' (uncertain, unassessed)
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Potomida ponderosa''
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Potomida prominula''
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Potomida seljani''
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Potomida semirugata''
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Potomida slanicensis''
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Potomida stachei (Neumayr, 1875)
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Potomida subclivosa''
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Potomida subrectangularis''
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Potomida tanaica'' (uncertain, unassessed)
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Potomida vukotinovici''
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Potomida wilhelmi''
;Synonyms:
* ''Potomida altecarinatus''
(Penecke, 1883) †: synonym of ''Potomida altecarinata''
(Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Potomida craiovensis''
(Tournouër, 1880) †: synonym of ''
Psilunio craiovensis''
(Tournouër, 1880) †
* ''Potomida delesserti''
(Bourguignat, 1852): synonym of ''Potomida semirugata''
(Lamarck, 1819)
* ''Potomida mactreformis''
ic†: synonym of ''Potomida mactraeformis''
(Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) †
* ''Potomida neumayri''
(Penecke, 1883) †: synonym of ''Potomida jurisici''
(Brusina, 1896) † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
* ''Potomida ottiliae''
(Penecke, 1883) †: synonym of ''Psilunio (Psilunio) ottiliae''
(Penecke, 1883) † represented as ''
Psilunio ottiliae''
(Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted >
superseded combination
In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...
)
* ''Potomida prominulus''
ic†: synonym of ''Potomida prominula''
(Stefanescu, 1889) † (incorrect gender of specific epithet)
* ''Potomida slavonicus''
(M. Hörnes, 1865) †: synonym of ''Potomida slavonica''
(M. Hörnes, 1865) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Potomida sturi''
(M. Hörnes, 1865) †: synonym of ''
Bogatschevia sturi''
(M. Hörnes, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
* ''Potomida tracheae''
(Kobelt & Rolle, 1895): synonym of ''Potomida semirugata''
(Lamarck, 1819)
* ''Potomida vukasovicianus''
(Brusina, 1874) †: synonym of ''
Rytia vukasoviciana''
(Brusina, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
References
* Modell, H. (1958). Die tertiären Najaden des ungarischen Beckens. Geologisches Jahrbuch. 75: 197–249.
* Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara
* Stefanescu, S. (1896). Études sur les Terrains tertiaires de Roumanie. Contribution a l'étude des faunes sarmatique, pontique et levantine. Mémoirs de la Société Géologique de France, Mémoir 15. Paléontologique. 6 (2–3), 1–147.
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
Unionidae
Bivalve genera
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