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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857: synonymy
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Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857
Dunker, 1857. J. de Conch. 5: 338, pl. 12, fig. 3.

Egeria bernardiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea bernardiiHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 35, pl. 6, figs. 7-8; pl. 9, fig. 8.

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)
Galatea bernardiiHuber (2010)

Galatea bernardii var. triangularis Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 33, pl. 5, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857)

Galatea triangularisHuber (2010)

Galatea bernardii var. versicolor Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 33, pl. 5, figs. 4-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857; homonym of Galatea laeta var. versicolor Fischer, 1857)

Galatea triangularis Sowerby, 1868
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, fig. 14c [15].
(homonym of Galatea bernardii var. triangularis Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria triangularisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea triangularisHuber (2010)

Galateia quanzae Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 12, pl. 1, figs. 1-7.

Egeria cumingiiquanzae [sic]Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)
Galatea quanzaeHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Galateia cumingii var. equilatera Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: pl. 1, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)

Galateia cumingii var. longirostris Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 15, pl. 1, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)

Galateia cumingii var. multiradiata Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 15.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860; homonym of Galatea radiata var. multiradiata Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)

Galateia cumingii var. nitida Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 15.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)

Galateia cumingii var. rubra Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 15.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)

Galateia cumingii var. versicolor Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 15.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860; homonym of Galatea laeta var. versicolor Fischer, 1857)

Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bernardiiDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Egeria bernardiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Egeria cumingiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria triangularisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Egeria cumingiiquanzae [sic]Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Galatea bernardiiHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Galatea triangularisHuber (2010)
Galatea quanzaeHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

 
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