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genus Potomida Swainson, 1840: synonymy

3 Recent freshwater species (13 total species)

Synonymy

Migranaia Haas, 1969

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

Rhombeidiana Cox et al., 1969

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

Potomida Swainson, 1840

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

Potomidea Swainson, 1840

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

Potamida Agassiz, 1846

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

Rhomboidiana Locard, 1889

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

Simonisiana Locard, 1889

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

Rhomboideana Fagot, 1892

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

Rhamboideana Fagot, 1893

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

Subreniformiana Fagot, 1893

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

Iridea Sabba Stefanescu, 1896

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

Rytia Sabba Stefanescu, 1896

(homonym of Hübner, 1823 [Lepidopt.]; renamed Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897)
Sabba Stefanescu, 1896. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 15: 41.
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

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

Rhombunio Germain, 1911

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Leguminaia Conrad, 1865)
Germain, 1911. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 17: 67.
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

(new name for Iridea Sabba Stefanescu, 1896)
Wenz, 1928. Arch. Moll. 60: 270.
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

Cyclopotomida Starobogatov, 1970

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

Uralinaia Starobogatov, 1970

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

Misgranaja Daget, 1998

(error for Migranaja Hannibal, 1912)
‘Hannibal’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 84.
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)
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 (sec. Lymnium) (Group U. littoralis) — Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) (Group U. pictorum) — Simpson (1914)
Unio (Rhombunio) — Prashad (1919)
Rhombunio — Haas (1924)
Psilunio — Germain (1931), Modell (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), ... Wu et al. (2026), Prie et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Nahok et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Caelatura [sic] — Haas (1969)
Potomida (s.s.) — Haas (1969)
Potomida (Cuneopsidea) — Haas (1969)
Psilunio (Cyclopotomida) — Starobogatov (1970)
Cuneopsidea (Uralinaia) — Starobogatov (1970)
Potamida [sic] — Bába (2000)