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(error for Migranaja Hannibal, 1912)
‘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.
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 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), 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), ... Klymus et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Prie 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)