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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini

genus Potomida Swainson, 1840: species

14 available nominal genus synonyms (21 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Potomida acarnanica (Kobelt, 1879)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (10)

Range: Greece, Palearctic Europe. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

syonymy (58 available, 102 total) | specimens (125 + 12 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Western Palearctic, including northern Africa. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2c+3bc
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Potomida semirugata

Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)

syonymy (28 available, 31 total) | specimens (43 + 15 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Southwestern Asian Turkey, Syria, and the Levant. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida berbestiensis (Fontannes, 1886) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida brandzae (Sabba Stefanescu, 1896) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida flexicostata (Gümbel, 1861) (fossil)

syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida janschini (Bogatschev, 1961) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida kinzelbachi Schütt, 1988 (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida munieri (Sabba Stefanescu, 1896) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida sculpta (Brusina, 1874) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida subrectangularis (Blanckenhorn, 1927) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida vukotinovici (Hoernes, 1865) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

Potomida weberi (Modell, 1931) (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

other links: MolluscaBase

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