Publication Fischer (1857): summary

Full Citation

Fischer, P. 1857. Liste des espèces du genre Galatea. Journal de Conchyliologie 5 (sér. 2): 339-344. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Galatea laeta var. versicolor Fischer, 1857 = Galatea bengoensis

Fischer, 1857. J. de Conch. 5: 344.
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 29, pl. 1, figs. 7-8.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, fig. 16c.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849)

Taxonomic Opinions

Galatea ægyptiaca Chem. = Galatea bengoensis

+ Galatea chemnitzii Philippi, 1851

Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1848

Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857

Galatea concamerata (Duval, 1840) = Galatea paradoxa

Galatea læta Philippi, 1848 = Galatea bengoensis

Galatea radiata Lamarck = Galatea paradoxa

+ Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791

+ Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791

+ Venus paradoxa Born, 1778

+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791

+ Venus fluminea Röding, 1798

Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1848 = Galatea bengoensis

Galatea tenuicula Philippi, 1848

Galatea versicolor Morelet = Galatea bengoensis