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=taxdetails&id=1067374 on 7 February 2022
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 superseded combination) Potomida prominulus [sic] †: synonym of Potomida prominula (Stefanescu, 1889) † (incorrect gender of specific epithet) Potomida slavonicus (M.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 superseded combination) Potomida tracheae (Kobelt & Rolle, 1895): synonym of Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) Potomida vukasovicianus (Brusina, 1874) †: synonym of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 superseded combination)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