MUSSELp

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini | Potomida littoralis

nominal species Unio litoralis Menke, 1828

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828 = Potomida littoralis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

= Potomida littoralis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Simpson, 1900

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."