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Potomida littoralis

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Potomida littoralis
Dried shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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

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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

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

Conservation

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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

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  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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