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nominal species Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836

Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836 = Balwantia soleniformis

Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
(renamed Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870; homonym of Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831)

= Balwantia soleniformis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Bolotov et al., 2024

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Bolotov et al., 2022

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Pfeiffer et al., 2021

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Bolotov et al., 2020

= Solenaia soleniformis Benson, 1836 — Bogan, 2010

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — IUCN, 2010

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Ramakrishna & Dey, 2007

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Subba Rao, 1989

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Haas, 1969

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson) — Thiele, 1934

+ Balwantia bensoni (Lea) — Prashad, 1932

= Balwantia soleniformis (Benson) — Prashad, 1919

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson) — Preston, 1915

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Simpson, 1914

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson) — Preston, 1912

= Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea — Lea, 1870

= Spatha soleniformis (Benson, 1836) — Hanley & Theobald, 1870

+ — Lea, 1852