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Potomida Swainson, 1840
1067374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1067374)
accepted
Genus
Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 accepted as Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) (type by original designation)
Cuneopsidea (Uralinaia) Starobogatov, 1970 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leguminaia (Rhombunio) Germain, 1911 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Migranaja Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mysca (Potomida) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)
Potomida (Potomida) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Potomida (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Rhombunio Germain, 1911 · unaccepted
Ritia [sic] † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym;...)
junior subjective synonym; incorrect subsequent spelling
Rombunio · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Rytia Stefanescu, 1896 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (unnecessary replacement name)
Simonisiana Locard, 1889 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Subreniformiana Fagot, 1893 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Sulcopotomida Starobogatov, 1970 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio (Rytia) Stefanescu, 1896 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Wenziella Modell, 1958 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Potomida acarnanica (Kobelt, 1878)
- Species Potomida acuta (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Unio acutus J. Sowerby. 1913 and Unio acutus Cobalcescu, 1883)
- Species Potomida agydelica Chepalyga, 1977 †
- Species Potomida alutae (Jekelius, 1932) †
- Species Potomida amaradica (Pavnotescu, 1995) †
- Species Potomida attica (Gaudry & P. Fischer, 1867) †
- Species Potomida baschkirica Sidnev, 1976 †
- Species Potomida berbestiensis (Fontannes, 1887) †
- Species Potomida bielzi (Czekelius, 1864) †
- Species Potomida bogatschevi (Grigorovich-Beresovskiy, 1915) †
- Species Potomida brandzae (Stefanescu, 1896) †
- Species Potomida breastensis (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) †
- Species Potomida capellinii (Fontannes, 1880) †
- Species Potomida circula Chepalyga, 1977 †
- Species Potomida clivosa (Brusina, 1874) †
- Species Potomida cymatoides (Brusina, 1874) †
- Species Potomida extensa (Papaianopol & D. C. Popescu, 1997) †
- Species Potomida getica (Pavnotescu, 1995) †
- Species Potomida gorjensis (Teisseyre, 1911) †
- Species Potomida herjei (Porumbaru, 1881) †
- Species Potomida inflata Chepalyga, 1977 †
- Species Potomida intepei Taner, 1997 †
- Species Potomida janschini (Bogachev, 1961) †
- Species Potomida karmasanica Chepalyga, 1977 †
- Species Potomida kinzelbachi Schütt, 1988 †
- Species Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
- Species Potomida loewenecki Modell, 1950 †
- Species Potomida mactraeformis (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Unio mactraeformis Brusina, 1902; no replacement name or synonym known)
- Species Potomida medulici (Brusina, 1902) †
- Species Potomida moesica (Papaianopol & D. C. Popescu, 1997) †
- Species Potomida motruensis (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) †
- Species Potomida nicolasi (Fontannes, 1883) †
- Species Potomida obliqus (Pavnotescu, 1995) †
- Species Potomida olteniae (Andreescu, 1981) †
- Species Potomida oriensis (Bogachev, 1961) †
- Species Potomida orientalis (Chepalyga, 1983) †
- Species Potomida ponderosa (Wenz, 1942) †
- Species Potomida prominula (Stefanescu, 1889) †
- Species Potomida rectangularis Chepalyga, 1983 †
- Species Potomida samarica (Andrusov, 1906) †
- Species Potomida seljani (Brusina, 1902) †
- Species Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Potomida slanicensis (Teisseyre, 1907) †
- Species Potomida slavonica (M. Hörnes, 1864) †
- Species Potomida stachei (Neumayr, 1875) †
- Species Potomida strossmayeriana (Brusina, 1874) †
- Species Potomida subclivosa (Teisseyre, 1911) †
- Species Potomida sublitoralis Chepalyga, 1967 †
- Species Potomida subrectangularis (Blanckenhorn, 1927) †
- Species Potomida tanaica Modell, 1950 †
- Species Potomida transylvanica Lubenescu, 1985 †
- Species Potomida trapezoidea Chepalyga, 1983 †
- Species Potomida triangulata Chepalyga, 1977 †
- Species Potomida ufensis Chepalyga, 1977 †
- Species Potomida vukasoviciana (Brusina, 1874) †
- Species Potomida vukotinovici (M. Hörnes, 1864) †
- Species Potomida wilhelmi (Penecke, 1883) †
- Species Potomida zelebori (M. Hörnes, 1864) †
- Subgenus Potomida (Cuneopsidea) Wenz, 1928 † accepted as Cuneopsidea Wenz, 1928 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Potomida (Cuneopsidea) canakkaleensis Taner, 1997 † accepted as Cuneopsidea canakkaleensis (Taner, 1997) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Cuneopsidea) excentrica (Brusina, 1874) † accepted as Cuneopsidea oriovacensis (M. Hörnes, 1864) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Potomida (Heterunio) Lindholm, 1932 † accepted as Heterunio Lindholm, 1932 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Potomida (Heterunio) exquisitis [sic] † accepted as Heterunio exquisitus (Lindholm, 1932) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potomida (Heterunio) inostranzevi (Bogachev, 1961) † accepted as Heterunio inostranzevi (Bogachev, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Heterunio) pallasi (E. von Martens, 1874) † accepted as Heterunio pallasi (E. von Martens, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Heterunio) preobrazhenskii (Lindholm, 1932) † accepted as Heterunio preobrazhenskii (Lindholm, 1932) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Potomida (Palaeopotomida) Q.-H. Ma, 1999 † accepted as Comptio X.-Z. Liu & Luo, 1978 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Potomida (Palaeopotomida) guangyuanensis (Q.-H. Ma, 1984) † accepted as Comptio guangyuanensis (Q.-H. Ma, 1984) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Palaeopotomida) sichuanensis Q.-H. Ma, 1999 † accepted as Comptio sichuanensis (Q.-H. Ma, 1999) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Potomida (Potomida) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Potomida Swainson, 1840
- Species Potomida (Potomida) ahtleta (Lindholm, 1932) † accepted as Betekeia athleta (Lindholm, 1932) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) berbestiensis (Fontannes, 1887) † accepted as Potomida berbestiensis (Fontannes, 1887) † (subgenus division not in use)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) bogatschevi (Grigorovich-Beresovskiy, 1915) † accepted as Potomida bogatschevi (Grigorovich-Beresovskiy, 1915) † (subgenus division not in use)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) † accepted as Potomida craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) † accepted as Psilunio craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) † (subgenus division not in use)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) intepei Taner, 1997 † accepted as Potomida intepei Taner, 1997 † (subgenus division not in use)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) litoralis [sic] accepted as Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) oriensis (Bogachev, 1961) † accepted as Potomida oriensis (Bogachev, 1961) † (subgenus division not in use)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) sandbergeri (Neumayr, 1875) † accepted as Psilunio sandbergeri (Neumayr, 1875) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) sibinensis Penecke, 1883 † accepted as Psilunio sibinensis (Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) stolitzkai [sic] † accepted as Psilunio stoliczkai (Neumayr, 1875) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) tamanensis (Bogachev, 1961) † accepted as Bogatschevia tamanensis (Bogachev, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) tumidiformis (Lindholm, 1932) † accepted as Heterunio tumidiformis (Lindholm, 1932) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida (Potomida) sublitoralis Chepalyga, 1967 † represented as Potomida sublitoralis Chepalyga, 1967 †
- Subgenus Potomida (Sculptunio) Lindholm, 1932 † accepted as Sculptunio Lindholm, 1932 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Potomida (Sculptunio) bituberculosis [sic] † accepted as Sculptunio bituberculosus (E. von Martens, 1874) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subgenus Potomida (Tuberunio) Lindholm, 1932 † accepted as Tuberunio Lindholm, 1932 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Potomida (Tuberunio) uniserialis (Lindholm, 1932) † accepted as Tuberunio uniserialis (Lindholm, 1932) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Potomida (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 † accepted as Potomida Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Potomida (Wenziella) zsigmondyi (Halaváts, 1888) † accepted as Potomida wilhelmi (Penecke, 1883) † (tentative junior subjective synonym)
- Species Potomida agidelica [sic] † accepted as Potomida agydelica Chepalyga, 1977 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potomida altecarinata (Penecke, 1883) † accepted as Psilunio altecarinatus (Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida altecarinatus (Penecke, 1883) † accepted as Psilunio altecarinatus (Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Potomida andrussovi "(G. I. Popov, 1965)" † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Potomida armeniaca (Kobelt, 1911) accepted as Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 (a junior synonym)
- Species Potomida capellini [sic] † accepted as Potomida capellinii (Fontannes, 1880) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potomida chaoi (Grabau, 1923) † accepted as Unionelloides chaoi (Grabau, 1923) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) † accepted as Psilunio craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) accepted as Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Potomida despensis Popova, 1968 † accepted as Cuneunio despensis (Popova, 1968) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida komarowi (O. Boettger, 1880) accepted as Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 (a junior synonym)
- Species Potomida mactreformis [sic] † accepted as Potomida mactraeformis (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potomida neumayri (Penecke, 1883) † accepted as Psilunio jurisici (Brusina, 1896) † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Potomida neustruevi (Andrusov, 1906) † accepted as Ebersininaia neustruevi (Andrusov, 1906) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida ottiliae (Penecke, 1883) † accepted as Psilunio (Psilunio) ottiliae (Penecke, 1883) † represented as Psilunio ottiliae (Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida ovalis (Q.-H. Ma, 1976) † accepted as Cuneopsis johboehmi (Frech, 1911) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Potomida pilari (Brusina, 1874) † accepted as Rugunio pilari (Brusina, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida prominulus [sic] † accepted as Potomida prominula (Stefanescu, 1889) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Potomida pseudosturi (Halaváts, 1888) † accepted as Potomida wilhelmi (Penecke, 1883) † (tentative junior subjective synonym)
- Species Potomida slavonicus (M. Hörnes, 1864) † accepted as Potomida slavonica (M. Hörnes, 1864) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Potomida sturi (M. Hörnes, 1864) † accepted as Bogatschevia sturi (M. Hörnes, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida tamanensis (Bogachev, 1961) † accepted as Bogatschevia tamanensis (Bogachev, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida thailandica (Hayami, 1968) † accepted as Eocuneopsis thailandica (Hayami, 1968) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potomida tracheae (Kobelt & Rolle, 1895) accepted as Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Potomida ovata Chepalyga † (uncertain)
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Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 281-282, 379 [details]
page(s): 281-282, 379 [details]
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original description
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 281-282, 379 [details]
original description (of Mysca (Potomida) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 281-282, 379 [details]
original description (of Sulcopotomida Starobogatov, 1970 †) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. <em>Nauka. Leningrad.</em> 372 p., 12 tables. In Russian.
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Unio (Rytia) Stefanescu, 1896 †) Stefanescu, S. (1896). Études sur les Terrains tertiaires de Roumanie. Contribution a l'étude des faunes sarmatique, pontique et levantine. <em>Mémoirs de la Société Géologique de France, Mémoir 15. Paléontologique.</em> 6 (2-3), 1-147.
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897 †) Cossmann, M. (1897). Paléozoologie générale. <em>Revue critique de paléozoologie.</em> 1(4): 133-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14499426
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Cuneopsidea (Uralinaia) Starobogatov, 1970 †) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. <em>Nauka. Leningrad.</em> 372 p., 12 tables. In Russian.
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Unio (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 †) Modell, H. (1958). Die tertiären Najaden des ungarischen Beckens. <em>Geologisches Jahrbuch.</em> 75: 197-249.
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Migranaja Hannibal, 1912) Hannibal, H. (1912). A synopsis of the recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10(2): 112-166, pls 5-6; 10(3): 167-211, pls 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237075
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Contributions à la faune malacologique française [XIII]. Catalogue des espèces françaises appartenant aux genres<i>Margaritana</i> et <i>Unio</i> connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, nouvelle série.</em> 35: 111-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54576293
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Simonisiana Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Contributions à la faune malacologique française [XIII]. Catalogue des espèces françaises appartenant aux genres<i>Margaritana</i> et <i>Unio</i> connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, nouvelle série.</em> 35: 111-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54576293
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Leguminaia (Rhombunio) Germain, 1911) Germain, L. (1911). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Asie Antérieure. 2e Note. Mollusques nouveaux de Syrie. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17(2): 63-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34198090
page(s): 67 [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 281-282, 379 [details]
original description (of Mysca (Potomida) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 281-282, 379 [details]
original description (of Sulcopotomida Starobogatov, 1970 †) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. <em>Nauka. Leningrad.</em> 372 p., 12 tables. In Russian.
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Unio (Rytia) Stefanescu, 1896 †) Stefanescu, S. (1896). Études sur les Terrains tertiaires de Roumanie. Contribution a l'étude des faunes sarmatique, pontique et levantine. <em>Mémoirs de la Société Géologique de France, Mémoir 15. Paléontologique.</em> 6 (2-3), 1-147.
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897 †) Cossmann, M. (1897). Paléozoologie générale. <em>Revue critique de paléozoologie.</em> 1(4): 133-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14499426
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Cuneopsidea (Uralinaia) Starobogatov, 1970 †) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. <em>Nauka. Leningrad.</em> 372 p., 12 tables. In Russian.
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Unio (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 †) Modell, H. (1958). Die tertiären Najaden des ungarischen Beckens. <em>Geologisches Jahrbuch.</em> 75: 197-249.
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Migranaja Hannibal, 1912) Hannibal, H. (1912). A synopsis of the recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10(2): 112-166, pls 5-6; 10(3): 167-211, pls 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237075
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Contributions à la faune malacologique française [XIII]. Catalogue des espèces françaises appartenant aux genres<i>Margaritana</i> et <i>Unio</i> connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, nouvelle série.</em> 35: 111-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54576293
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Simonisiana Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Contributions à la faune malacologique française [XIII]. Catalogue des espèces françaises appartenant aux genres<i>Margaritana</i> et <i>Unio</i> connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, nouvelle série.</em> 35: 111-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54576293
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Leguminaia (Rhombunio) Germain, 1911) Germain, L. (1911). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Asie Antérieure. 2e Note. Mollusques nouveaux de Syrie. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17(2): 63-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34198090
page(s): 67 [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
