Potomida littoralis

Species of bivalve

Potomida littoralis
Dried shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Superfamily: Unionoidea
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Potomida
Species:
P. littoralis
Binomial name
Potomida littoralis
(Cuvier, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 (junior synonym)
  • Potomida (Potomida) litoralis [sic]
  • Potomida littoralis fellmanni (Deshayes, 1848)
  • Potomida littoralis umbonata (Rossmässler, 1844)
  • Rhombunio asananus Pallary, 1928 (junior synonym)
  • Unio calderoni Kobelt, 1888 (junior synonym)
  • Unio fellmanni Deshayes, 1848
  • Unio hispalensis Kobelt, 1888 (junior synonym)
  • Unio incurvus I. Lea, 1831
  • Unio ksibianus Mousson, 1873 (junior synonym)
  • Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 (original combination)
  • Unio littoralis var. bucheti Pallary, 1899 (original combination)
  • † Unio littoralis var. pequignoti Pallary, 1901
  • Unio littoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844
  • Unio marteli Pallary, 1918 (original combination)
  • Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio unduliferus Küster, 1861 (junior synonym)

Potomida littoralis is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Unionidae.[2][3]

Distribution

The species is found in Europe, Mediterranean and Southern Asia.[2] It occurs in Africa between Tunisia and Morocco.[1] It is not recorded between Italy and Albania.[1]

Reproduction

In the Iberian Peninsula, gravid females are observed from March through October, with hatching occurring in September.[1]

Conservation

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, this species is endangered and in decline.[1] Water extraction is harming populations in Portugal, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.[1] Canalization of river channels, water pollution and dam construction are also threats.[1] The distribution of P. littoralis in the Iberian peninsula and in France is highly fragmented.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Lopes-Lima, M.; Prie, V.; Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Potomida littoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T156136A42423034. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T156136A42423034.en. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067375 on 2022-02-07
  • Locard, A., 1889. - Contributions à la faune malacologique française: catalogue des espèces françaises appartenant aux genres Margaritana et Unio connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 35"1888": 111-169
  • Pallary, P. (1918). Diagnoses d'une cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 9 (7): 137-152. Alger
  • Pallary, P. (1928). Notice sur seize mollusques nouveaux du Maroc découverts en 1926-1927. Journal de Conchyliologie, 72 (1): 1-24, pl. 1-4. Paris.
  • Graf, D., 2011. - Types of French freshwater mussels (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Unionoidea) in Arnould Locard Collection at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Zoosystema 33(4): 451-514
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  • Cuvier G.L. (1798). Tableau élementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, Baudouin. xvi + 710 pp
  • Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp
  • Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.
  • Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18.
  • Pallary, P. (1901). Sur les mollusques fossiles terrestres, fluviatiles et saumâtres de l'Algérie. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.
  • Pallary, P. (1899). Deuxième contribution à l'étude de la faune malacologique du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Supplement à "La faune malacologique du Maroc" de A. Morelet. Journal de Conchyliologie. 46 (2): 49-170, pls 5-9. Paris
  • Mousson, A. (1873). Diagnosen neuer Mollusken aus West-Marokko, von Dr. von Fritsch und Dr. Rein gesammelt. Malakozoologische Blätter. 21: 149-157. Cassel.
  • Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1831). Complément de l'Histoire des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud. i-xvi, 1-116, Errata (1 p.), 1-12, pls 14-16
  • Küster, H. C. (1839-1862). Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Bd 9(2): 1-318, pls 1-100, 18*. Published in parts
  • Froufe, E.; Prié, V.; Faria, J.; Ghamizi, M.; Gonçalves, D. V.; Gürlek, M. E.; Karaouzas, I.; Kebapçi, Ü.; Şereflişan, H.; Sobral, C.; Sousa, R.; Teixeira, A.; Varandas, S.; Zogaris, S.; Lopes-Lima, M. (2016). Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: News from a freshwater mussel (Potomida, Unionida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 322-332
  • Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
  • Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. Hydrobiologia. 678(1): 17-36
Taxon identifiers
Potomida littoralis