Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Balwantia

species Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836): synonymy

12 specimens + 5 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836

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

Solenaia soleniformis — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Solenaia (Group of S. soleniformis) soleniformis — Simpson (1914)
Balwantia soleniformis — Prashad (1919), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Konopleva et al. (2026)
Balwantia bensoni — Prashad (1932)

Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870

(new name for Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836)
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57.

Solenaia soleniformis — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Solenaia (Group of S. soleniformis) soleniformis — Simpson (1914)
Balwantia bensoni — Prashad (1932)
Balwantia soleniformis — Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Mycetopus bensonianus Paetel, 1890

(error for Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870)
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 186.

Solenaia soleniformis — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Solenaia (Group of S. soleniformis) soleniformis — Simpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Solenaia soleniformis — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Solenaia (Group of S. soleniformis) soleniformis — Simpson (1914)
Balwantia soleniformis — Prashad (1919), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Konopleva et al. (2026)
Balwantia bensoni — Prashad (1932)