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species Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798): specimens
58 available nominal species synonyms (102 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Potomida littoralis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2009), Araujo et al. (2009), ... Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Potomida littoralis fellmanni — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Potomida littoralis 1 — Whelan et al. (2011)
Potomida littoralis 2 — Whelan et al. (2011)
Psilunio littoralis — Jeffrey et al. (2016)
Potomida littoralis littoralis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2017)

Range

Western Palearctic, including northern Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

MNHN_MP_4418	MNHN_MP_4426	MNHN_MP_4426
MNHN_MP_4455	MNHN_MP_4439 ....Algerie	MNHN_MP_4429 [locality illegible - Asia]
MNHN_MP_4393 [locality illegible]	BMNH_MP_430 [no locality available]	SMF_4427 A.d. Serpis b. Gandia, Prov. Valencia, Spanien
SMF_4428 Aus dem Jucar b. Algemesi, Prov. Valencia, Span.	MNHN_MP_4392 Basin de la fleuve experimentale de la Minara	MNHN_MP_4457 Cherbourg
MNHN_MP_4388 Daiet er Roumi [?]	MNHN_MP_4441 Daiet er Roumi [?]	MNHN_MP_4395 Djidjelli, oued nil
MNHN_21212 Habite à l’Isle de France	MNHN_MP_4386 Meitidja [?] Algerie	MNHN_MP_4292 Mustapha p. Alger....
MNHN_MP_4433 Osheman, Algerie	MNHN_MP_4430 Oued ? .....	MNHN_MP_4299 Oued .....
MNHN_MP_4403 Oued Ida, ou Guen, a 3 m de la cote	MNHN_MP_4420 Oued Ida, ou Guen, a 3 m de la cote	MNHN_MP_4422 Oued Ida, ou Guen, a 3 m de la cote
MNHN_MP_4459 Oued Ida, ou Guen, a 3 m de la cote	MNHN_MP_4460 Oued Issi Raou, Maroc	MNHN_MP_4450 Oued m’ da, Maroc
MNHN_MP_4465 Oued Massa, au tout de la route Agadir - Tizuih, Maroc	MNHN_MP_4390 Oued Mok	MNHN_MP_4391 Oued Mokra
MNHN_MP_4378 Oued Nja, entre Fez et Meknes	MNHN_MP_4297 Oued Rahmoun, Bou Me....	MNHN_MP_4412 Oued Sebou
MNHN_MP_4468 Oued Te’touan	KON_MP_04 River at Ognon at bridge between Cirey and Valleroy, 06° 08' 17"E, 47° 23' 46" N	KON_MP_04 River at Ognon at bridge between Cirey and Valleroy, 06° 08' 17"E, 47° 23' 46" N
MNHN_MP_4379 St. Dona, Oued	MNHN_MP_4298 Tanger	MNHN_MP_4376 Tanger
MNHN_MP_4376 Tanger	MNHN_MP_4470 Tetouan	SMF_4434A Vic-de-Bigorre [Vic-en-Bigorre]

INHS_21562. Fluvia River, Banolas, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain

INHS_21544. Marne River, France

Algeria

MNHN_MP_4396 Ain Temouchent	MNHN_MP_4444 Ain Temouchent, Afrique du Nord	IRSNB_MP_0887 Alger
IRSNB_MP_0898 Alger	MNHN_MP_4428 Alger	IRSNB_MP_0839 Algerie
MNHN_MP_4409 Algerie	MNHN_MP_4425 Algerie	MNHN_MP_4435 Algerie
MNHN_MP_4436 Algerie	MNHN_MP_4446 Algerie	IRSNB_MP_0886 Ben Zahra (Maroc)
MNHN_MP_4405 Bone	MNHN_MP_4438 Bone	MNHN_MP_4427 Boufaricke [Boufarik], Algeria
MNHN_MP_4440 Boufarik	MNHN_MP_4445 d’ Algerie	MNHN_MP_4424 Dept. d’ Alger
MNHN_MP_4452 l’Alger, Bone	MNHN_MP_4449 La Macta	MNHN_MP_4431 Lac Oubeira, La Calle
MNHN_MP_4432 Lac Oubeirah, Algerie	MNHN_MP_4397 Lac Oubeiria	MNHN_MP_4434 Maison Carrie [El Harrach], Alger
MNHN_MP_4447 Maison Carrie [El Harrach], Alger	IRSNB_MP_0877 O. Senam	IRSNB_MP_0879 O. Senam
MNHN_MP_4437 Orleansville, Algerie	MNHN_MP_4458 Oued Kseb, Mogador	IRSNB_MP_0895 Oued Reghaid, Algeria
MNHN_MP_4401 Oued Saida	MNHN_MP_4467 Oued Saida	MNHN_MP_0080 Pleistocene de la Macta, Algerie
MNHN_MP_0080 Pleistocene de la Macta, Algerie

MCZ_MP_263. Algeria [????]

British Overseas Territory

USNM_85731
Gibralter

Ethiopia

MNHN_MP_1032
Abyssinie

France

MNHN_22424 Balbigny (Loire)	SMF_4431 Carcassonne, S. Frankreich	MNHN_22167 Charolles (Saône-et-Loire)
MNHN_22440 Couzon (Rhône)	MNHN_22552 La Saône à Collonges (Rhône)	MNHN_22482 la Seine près Paris
MNHN_22404 Nantes	UMMZ_304348 Ognon River, Cirey-les-Bellevaux, 20 km NNE of Bsançon, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comtè, France (47.39611, 6.13806)	UMMZ_304348 Ognon River, Cirey-les-Bellevaux, 20 km NNE of Bsançon, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comtè, France (47.39611, 6.13806)
MNHN_MP_0113 Troyes [in shell]	MNHN_MP_0113 Troyes [in shell]

INHS_21551. France

MNHN_MP_2690. La Saône à Auxonne

Libya

IRSNB_MP_0900
Tripoli

Morocco

MNHN_MP_4466 El Kansera, Oued Beth	MNHN_MP_4471 Fes	BMNH_1937-12-30-13036-13037 Fez
MNHN_MP_4383 fleuve Oum Errabia aval du barrage Al Massira, Maroc	MNHN_MP_4398 h. ‘O Nefifikl [Nefifikh] Allaud	MNHN_MP_4385 Haut Oued Nefikiker [Nefifikh], pres. Boulhaut, Allaud, sta. 160
MNHN_MP_4406 Kenitra, Maroc	SMF_4396 La Makina in Fez, Marokko	MNHN_MP_4400 Maracco
MNHN_MP_4399 Maroc	MNHN_MP_4408 Marrakech	MNHN_MP_4413 Marrakech
MNHN_MP_4416 Marrakech	MNHN_MP_4421 Marrakech	MNHN_MP_4407 Marrakech, Bassin de la Manara
MNHN_MP_4456 Mogador	MNHN_MP_4464 Mogador	MNHN_MP_4469 Mogador
BMNH_75-12-31-376 Mogador, in the river and dead on the beach	BMNH_MP_466 Mogador, in the river and dead on the beach	MNHN_MP_4415 Mogador, Marrakech, Moroc
MNHN_MP_4380 Oued Beth, Dar bel Hamri	MNHN_MP_4461 Oued Beth, Maroc	MNHN_MP_4443 Oued d’ Fali, Maroc
MNHN_MP_4394 Oued Grou, Maroc	MNHN_MP_4404 Oued Tiflet	MNHN_MP_4410 Oued Tiflet
MNHN_MP_4414 Oued Tiflet	MNHN_MP_4463 S at SE du Tafilalet	MNHN_MP_4462 Zagora, Oued Dra Morooc

Spain

SMF_4422
A.d. Guadalquivir b. Sevilla

SMF_4425
A.d. Tajo b. Toledo

SMF_3972
Rio Sio b. Balaguer, Prov. Lerida, Spanien

unknown

MNHN_MP_4417

MNHN_MP_4300
[no locality available - Asia]

MNHN_MP_4442
[no locality available]

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

France

MNHN_IM-2009-12700. (16S: KC703620, 28S: KC703868, COI: KC703967, go to Genbank) France: Garonne River.

MNHN_IM-2009-12565. (16S: KC703621, 28S: KC703869, COI: KC703968, go to Genbank) France: Vienne River.

UMMZ_304348. (16S: KF011260, 28S: KP795014, COI: KP795032, ND1: KF011251, go to Genbank) Ognon River, Cirey-les-Bellevaux, 20 km NNE of Bsançon, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comtè, France (47.39611, 6.13806).

Portugal

Mp_3580_PlittoTP2.7. (16S: EF571337, go to Genbank) Abrantes, Tagus River, Tagus Basin, Portugal.

Mp_3580_PlittTP1.7. (COI: EF571401, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3580_PlittTP2.7. (COI: EF571402, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3580_PlittVCP.9. (COI: EF571403, go to Genbank) Espirito Santo, Vascão River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal.

Mp_3580_PlittXP.3. (COI: EF571404, go to Genbank) Ouguela. Xévora River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal.

Mp_3580_PlittMOP1.4. (COI: EF571399, go to Genbank) Pereira, Mondego River, Mondego Basin, Portugal.

Mp_3580_PlittSD.5. (COI: EF571400, go to Genbank) Torre Vã, Sado River, Sado Basin, Portugal.

Spain

MNCN_FW1238-11. (16S: AF303308, COI: AF303349, go to Genbank) Canal Imperial de Aragón (Zaragoza, Spain).

MNCN_FW1238-8. (16S: AF303307, COI: AF303348, go to Genbank) ditto.