Potomida littoralis
| Potomida littoralis | |
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| Dried shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Superfamily: | Unionoidea |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Potomida |
| Species: | P. littoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
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Potomida littoralis is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Unionidae.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]In the Iberian Peninsula, gravid females are observed from March through October, with hatching occurring in September.[1]
Conservation
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ 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
External links
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- 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
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