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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini | Potomida littoralis
nominal species Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798
Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 = Potomida littoralis
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 3.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 2 [as Unio sp.].
Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: 425.
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 76, sp. 25.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_UNKNOWN, France, common in the Seine.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 290.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2025: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Dai et al., 2025: Table 2.
= Potomida littoralis — Dai et al., 2025: Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Chen et al., 2025: Table S3.
= Potomida littoralis — Chen et al., 2025: Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis — Chen et al., 2025: Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Wu et al., 2024: 4, 7, Tables 1-2.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Dai et al., 2024: Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Liu et al., 2024: Table 2.
= Potomida littoralis — Wu et al., 2024: Table S2.
= Potomida littoralis — Zieritz et al., 2024: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis — Matos et al., 2024: 895.
= Potomida littoralis — Matos et al., 2024: 698.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Dai et al., 2024: Table 3.
= Potomida littoralis — Wu et al., 2024: Tables S2-S3.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2024: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis — Dai et al., 2024: Table 2.
= Potomida littoralis — Zhang et al., 2024: Fig. 5, Table S3.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Konopleva et al., 2023: Table S2.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Konopleva et al., 2023: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Dai et al., 2023: 156, 157, Tables 1-2.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Kongim et al., 2023: Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Prié et al., 2023: Supplemental Material 2, p. 10.
= Potomida littoralis — Wu et al., 2023: Table 2.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Dai et al., 2023: 156, Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Wu et al., 2022: Table S2.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Bolotov et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Pfarrer et al., 2022: 2970, SIO1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 21.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Príe et al., 2021: 2934, Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Konopleva et al., 2021: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Wu et al., 2021: 87.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021: 20.
= Potomida littoralis — Zieritz et al., 2021: 3176.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2021: 125.
= Potomida littoralis — Sonowal et al., 2021: 199.
= Potomida littoralis — Zieritz et al., 2021: 1091.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Wu et al., 2021: attached Tables 1-2.
= Potomida littoralis — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020: Table 1.
= Potomida littoralis — Múrria et al., 2020: Table S1 [S2].
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Bolotov et al., 2020: S22.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Bolotov et al., 2020: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis — Fukata & Iigo, 2020: 1216.
= Potomida littoralis — Wu et al., 2020: 195.
= Potomida littoralis — Sano et al., 2020: 100.
= Potomida littoralis — Wu et al., 2020: 59.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Soroka, 2020: 600.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Wu et al., 2019: 29.
= Potomida littoralis — Froufe et al., 2019: 185.
= Potomida littoralis — Gomes-dos-Santos et al., 2019: 1418.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Gomes-dos-Santos et al., 2019: 421.
= Potomida littoralis — Guerra et al., 2019: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis — Vikhrev et al., 2018: Appendix 5.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Bolotov et al., 2018: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis — Huang et al., 2018: 302.
= Potomida littoralis — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018: 103.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Wu et al., 2018: 6.
= Potomida littoralis — Wang et al., 2018: 611.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Burzynski & Soroka, 2018: 3.
= Potomida littoralis — Aunins et al., 2018: 1125.
= Potomida littoralis — Wang et al., 2018: 140.
= Potomida littoralis — Cha et al., 2018: 946.
= Potomida littoralis littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 579, Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 177.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [15], Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Potomida littoralis — Burzynski et al., 2017: 606.
= Potomida littoralis — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 250.
= Potomida littoralis — Välilä et al., 2017: 97.
= Potomida littoralis — Araujo et al., 2017: 280.
= Potomida littoralis — Froufe et al., 2017: 3266.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Froufe et al., 2016: 326.
= Potomida littoralis — Fonseca et al., 2016: 955.
= Psilunio littoralis — Jeffrey et al., 2016: 91.
= Potomida littoralis — Soliman et al., 2016: 121.
= Potomida littoralis — Araujo et al., 2016: Table 3.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015: 310.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Froufe et al., 2015: 3571.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Prié & Puillandre, 2014: [5].
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — IUCN, 2014: [web].
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Prie et al., 2014: 82.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013: 251.
= Potomida littoralis — Reis et al., 2013: 20.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Froufe et al., 2013: 619.
= Potomida littoralis Cuvier, 1798 — Fauna Europaea, 2012: [web].
= Potomida littoralis — Khalloufi et al., 2011: 105.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Potomida littoralis 1 (Cuvier, 1798) — Whelan et al., 2011: 506.
= Potomida littoralis 2 (Cuvier, 1798) — Whelan et al., 2011: 506.
= Potomida littoralis — Van Damme et al., 2010: 125.
= Potomida littoralis Cuvier, 1798 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Potomida littoralis — Soroka, 2010: 156.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Graf & Cummings, 2009: 229, fig. 6.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Araujo et al., 2009: 28, fig. 12.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Araujo et al., 2009: 132.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Graf, 2007: 88.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 309.
= Potomida littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 93, fig. 2D.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Araujo et al., 2005: 26.
= Psilunio littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Campbell et al., 2005: 155.
= Potomida littoralis — Huff et al., 2004: 381.
= Potomida littoralis — Machordom et al., 2003: 237.
= Psilunio littoralis — Giribet & Distel, 2003: 52.
= Potomida littoralis littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Falkner et al., 2002: 55.
= Psilunio littoralis — Giribet & Wheeler, 2002: Table 2.
= Potomida littoralis littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Falkner et al., 2001: 66.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Nagel & Badino, 2001: 52.
= Potamida [sic] littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Bába, 2000: 135, fig. 5.
+ Psilunio littoralis fellmanni (DeShayes, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 84.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Nagel et al., 1998: 102.
= Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) — Falkner, 1994: 138.
= Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 34, figs. 149-151.
= Potomida littoralis — Schütt, 1988: 131.
= Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Van Damme, 1984: 59.
= Potomida littoralis littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Haas, 1969: 271.
= Psilunio littoralis littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Haas, 1940: 134.
= Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck) — Thiele, 1934: 818, [1248].
= Psilunio littoralis Cuvier — Germain, 1931: 719, pl. 23, fig. 591; pl. 24, fig. 602.
= Rhombunio littoralis Lam. — Haas, 1924: 68, pl. 4, figs. 1-4.
= Unio (sec. Lymnium) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Simpson, 1914: 553.
= Migranaja littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Hannibal, 1912: 124.
+ Unio (Rhomboïdiana) rhomboideus Schröter, 1779 — Germain, 1904: 250.
= Unio (sec. Lymnium) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Simpson, 1900: 691.
+ Unio (groupe de l’U. rhomboideus) rhomboideus Schröter — Locard, 1899: 213.
= Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 — Drouët, 1898: 85.
= Unio littoralis Cuvier — Pallary, 1898: 150.
= Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Paetel, 1890: 157.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Cuv., 1798 — Westerlund, 1890: 52.
+ Unio (Rhomboidiana) rhomboideus Schröter — Locard, 1889: 124.
= Unio littoralis Cuvier — Drouët, 1889: 44, sp. 2.
= Unio littoralis “Draparnaud” — Fischer, 1886: 999, pl. 18, fig. 1.
+ Unio (Groupe de l’U. rhomboideus) rhomboideus Schröter — Locard, 1882: 283.
= Unio litoralis [sic] — Woodward, 1871: 433, pl. 18, fig. 1.
= Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1870: 54.
+ Unio rhomboidus [sic] Moquin — Malzine, 1867: 32.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier — Reeve, 1865: pl. 22, sp. 98.
+ Unio rhomboïdeus Moq. — de Joannis, 1859: 282.
= Unio (Niäa) litoralis [sic] Drap. — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.
= Unio (Lymnium) littoralis — Drouët, 1857: 214, pl. 3, figs. 1-2.
+ Unio (Lymnium) rhomboideus Schröt. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855: 568.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck — Küster, 1855: 128, pl. 35, figs. 1-4.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Lam. — Rossmässler, 1854: 37, pl. 69, fig. 850.
= Unio (Potamida) [sic] littoralis Lam. — Mørch, 1853: 47.
= Unio littoralis Lamk. — Morelet, 1853: 298.
= Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1852: 34.
= Unio (Ponderosi) littoralis Drap., 1801 — Dupuy, 1852: 632, pl. 23, fig. 8a-c; pl. 24, figs. 5, 6, 8.
= Unio littoralis (Lamk.) — Gassies, 1849: 197.
= Unio littoralis Lk. — C.B. Adams, 1847: 14.
= Unio littoralis Drap. — Dupuy, 1843: 85.
= Unio littoralis Lam. — Hanley, 1843: 201, pl. 21, fig. 13.
= Mysca (Potomida) littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) — Swainson, 1840: 269, 281-282, 289, 379.
= Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Sowerby, 1839: 121, pl. 145.
= Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] Lam. Pfeif. Des Moul. Grat. — Lea, 1838: 22.
= Unio littoralis Lam. — Rossmässler, 1837: 21, pl. 24, fig. 340.
= Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Lamarck, 1801) — Lea, 1836: 32.
= Unio littoralis Pfieff. — Held, 1836: 281.
= Unio littoralis — Jay, 1835: 18.
= Unio littoralis Lamarck — Lea, 1834: 88.
= Unio littoralis Lam. — Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834: 106.
= Unio littoralis — Deshayes, 1832: 580.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck, 1801 — Menke, 1830: 107.
= Unio littoralis Lamarck — Lea, 1829: 423.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck, 1801 — Menke, 1828: 64.
= Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827: 151, pl. 248, fig. 2.
= Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck, 1801 — Pfeiffer, 1821: 117, pl. 5, fig. 12.
= Unio littoralis — Lamarck, 1819: 76.
= Unio littoralis Cuvier — Draparnaud, 1806: 133, pl. 10, fig. 20.
= Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Lamarck, 1801: 114.
= Unio littoralis — Poiret, 1801: 107.
= Unio littoralis — Cuvier, 1798: 425.
