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Taxonomy
Potomida was named by Swainson (1840). It is extant.
It was assigned to Unionidae by Yin and Fürsich (1991).
It was assigned to Unionidae by Yin and Fürsich (1991).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Potomida Swainson |
| 1958 | Wenziella Modell p. 235 |
| 1991 | Potomida Yin and Fürsich p. 148 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Potomida Swainson 1840
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†Potomida seljani Brusina 1902
Invalid names: Wenziella Modell 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 170.30000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Jurassic | China (Sichuan) | P. sichuanensis (200954) | |
| Bajocian | China (Qinghai) | P. ovalis, P. chaoi, P. thailandica (37885) | |
| Pliocene | Croatia | P. seljani (185964) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania (Wallachia region) | Wenziella wilhelmi, Wenziella pseudosturi (36008) |