Potomida Explained

Potomida is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Gonideinae of the family Unionidae.^{[1] [2]}

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia.

Species

• †Potomida acarnanica
• †Potomida attica
• †Potomida berbestiensis
• †Potomida bielzi
• † Potomida breastensis
• † Potomida clivosa
• †Potomida cymatoides
• † Potomida gorjensis
• † Potomida herjei
• † Potomida intepei
• † Potomida kinzelbachi
• Potomida littoralis
• † Potomida loewenecki (uncertain, unassessed)
• † Potomida mactraeformis (temporary name, junior homonym of Unio mactraeformis Brusina, 1902; no replacement name or synonym known)
• † Potomida ovata (uncertain, unassessed)
• † Potomida ponderosa
• † Potomida prominula
• † Potomida seljani
• Potomida semirugata
• †Potomida slanicensis
• † Potomida stachei (Neumayr, 1875)
• † Potomida subclivosa
• † Potomida subrectangularis
• † Potomida tanaica (uncertain, unassessed)
• † Potomida vukotinovici
• † 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 [sic] †: 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 superseded combination)
• Potomida prominulus [sic] †: 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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Potomida Swainson, 1840 . www.gbif.org . 17 October 2021 . en.
2. 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