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Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 265, 268, 272-275, 280-281, 285, 289-290, 379.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 275 [as ‘Potomidea’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Mysca Turton, 1822; renamed Potamida Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Potomida littoralis

Potamida Agassiz, 1846

Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 306.
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 329.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 816 [1245].
(homonym of Brongniart, 1810 [Gastro.]; new name for Potomida Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 = Potomida littoralis

Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889

‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 18 [124].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (orig. desig.) = Potomida littoralis

Simonisiana Locard, 1889

‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 20 [126].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio simonis Tristram, 1865 (orig. desig.) = Potomida semirugata

Iridea Sabba Stefanescu, 1896

Sabba Stefanescu, 1896. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 15: 35.
(homonym of Swainson, 1840; renamed Cuneopsidea Wenz, 1928)
Type species: Unio sculptus Brusina, 1874 (original designation) = Potomida sculpta

Rytia Sabba Stefanescu, 1896

Sabba Stefanescu, 1896. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 15: 41.
(homonym of Hübner, 1823 [Lepidopt.]; renamed Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897)
Type species: Unio brandzae Sabba Stefanescu, 1896 (original designation) = Potomida brandzae

Psilunio Sabba Stefanescu, 1896

Sabba Stefanescu, 1896. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 15: 44.
Type species: Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 (sub. desig. by Thiele, 1934: 818) = Potomida littoralis

Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897

Cossmann, 1897. Rev. Crit. Paléozool. 1: 156.
(new name for Rytia Sabba Stefanescu, 1896)
Type species: Unio brandzae Sabba Stefanescu, 1896 = Potomida brandzae

Rhombunio Germain, 1911

Germain, 1911. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 17: 67.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Leguminaia Conrad, 1865)
Type species: Unio rothi Bourguignat, 1863 (sub. desig. by Haas, 1969: 271) = Potomida semirugata

Migranaja Hannibal, 1912

Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 124.
Type species: Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 (orig. desig.) = Potomida littoralis

Cuneopsidea Wenz, 1928

Wenz, 1928. Arch. Moll. 60: 270.
(new name for Iridea Sabba Stefanescu, 1896)
Type species: Unio sculptus Brusina, 1874 = Potomida sculpta

Wenziella Modell, 1959

Modell, 1959. Geol. Jhrb. 75: 235.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 120.
Type species: Unio vukotinovici Hoernes, 1865 = Potomida vukotinovici

Migranaia Haas, 1969

‘Hannibal’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 271.
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 1: N441.
Bank et al., 2001. Heldia 4(1/2): 113.
(error for Migranaja Hannibal, 1912)
Type species: Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 = Potomida littoralis

Rhombeidiana Cox et al., 1969

‘Locard’ of Authors.
Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1077.
(error for Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

Cyclopotomida Starobogatov, 1970

Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 65, 284.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Psilunio Sabba Stefanescu, 1896)
Type species: Unio munieri Sabba Stefanescu, 1896 (orig. desig.) = Potomida munieri

Uralinaia Starobogatov, 1970

Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 66, 284.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Cuneopsidea Wenz, 1928)
Type species: Unio janschini Bogatschev, 1961 (orig. desig.) = Potomida janschini

Potomidea Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 275.
(error for Potomida Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 = Potomida littoralis

Rhomboideana Fagot, 1892

Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 37.
Caziot, 1907. Bull. Soc. Sci. Hist. Nat. Yonne 60: 276.
(error for Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

Rhamboideana Fagot, 1893

Fagot, 1893. Bull. Soc. Ramond 28: 258.
(error for Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

Subreniformiana Fagot, 1893

Fagot, 1893. Bull. Soc. Ramond 28: 258. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)

Misgranaja Daget, 1998

‘Hannibal’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 84.
(error for Migranaja Hannibal, 1912)
Type species: Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 = Potomida littoralis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Potomida, since 1900.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Unio — Rochebrune (1903), Kobelt (1903), Pallary (1921), Daget (1998)
Unio (Rhomboïdiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Groupe Rhomboïdeana) — Caziot (1907)
Leguminaia (Rhombunio) — Germain (1911)
Migranaja — Hannibal (1912)
Unio (Rhombunio) — Prashad (1919)
Rhombunio — Haas (1924)
Psilunio — Modell (1931), Germain (1931), Thiele (1934), Zhadin (1938), Haas (1940), ... Daget (1998), Giribet & Wheeler (2002), Giribet & Distel (2003), Campbell et al. (2005), Jeffrey et al. (2016)
Unio (Psilunio) — Pallary (1939)
Unio (Limnium) [sic] — Pallary (1939)
Potomida — Ellis (1946), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Schütt (1988), Schütt (1992), ... Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) — Haas (1969)
Potomida (s.s.) — Haas (1969)
Potomida (Cuneopsidea) — Haas (1969)
Psilunio (Cyclopotomida) — Starobogatov (1970)
Cuneopsidea (Uralinaia) — Starobogatov (1970)
Potamida [sic] — Bába (2000)