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Venus paradoxa Born, 1778

Born, 1778. Index Mus. Caes. Vind.: 53.

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa — Dall (1903)
Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)

Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa — Dall (1903)
Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Egeria paradoxa hermaphrodita — Clench (1929)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273, var. B.
(misidentified reference to Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 326, pl. 31, figs. 327-329. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa — Dall (1903)
Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998)
Galatea paradoxa — WoRMS (2011)

Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280.

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa — Dall (1903)
Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Galatea paradoxa — WoRMS (2011)

Venus meretrix var. beta Gmelin, 1791

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998)

Venus fluminea Röding, 1798

Röding, 1798. unknown publication: ??.

Galatea paradoxa — WoRMS (2011)

Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804

Lamarck, 1804. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 433, pl. 28.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 555’ [2nd page 555].

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa — Dall (1903)
Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Egeria radiata — Thiele (1934), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010), Kondakov et al. (2020)

Donax variegata Perry, 1811

Perry, 1811. unknown publication: pl. 58, fig. 1.

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa — Dall (1903)
Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galathea concamerata Duval, 1840

Duval, 1840. Rev. Zool.: 211.

Egeria concamerata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010)

Galatea heukelomii Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 30, pl. 6, figs. 3-4; pl. 9, fig. 2.

Egeria heukelomii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010)

Galatea kochii Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 22, pl. 4, figs. 5-8; pl. 9, figs. 6-7.

Egeria kochii — Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Egeria kockii [sic] — IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010)

Galatea lubackii Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 24, pl. 1, figs. 5-6; pl. 8, fig. 4.

Egeria lubackii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010)

Galatea lubakii Bernardi, 1860

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: pl. 1, figs. 5-6.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, sp. 13.
Huber, 2010. Compendium of Bivalves: 692.
(error for Galatea lubackii Bernardi, 1860)

Galatea concamerata var. rosea Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 20, pl. 3, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea concamerata Duval, 1840)

Egeria concamerata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea kochii var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 23, pl. 4, figs. 3-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea kochii Bernardi, 1860; homonym of Galatea radiata var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria kochii — Daget (1998)

Galatea radiata var. multiradiata Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 19, pl. 7, fig. 4-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804)

Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea radiata var. olivacea Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 19, pl. 7, figs. 2-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804)

Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea radiata var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860

Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 19.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804)

Egeria paradoxa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Galatea truncata Dunker, 1867

Dunker, 1867. unknown publication: 206, pl. 3, figs. 1-3.

Egeria truncata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010)

Galatea biangulata Sowerby, 1868

Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 5, fig. 12.

Egeria biangulata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998)
Galatea biangulata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Galateia pseudoradiata Brito Capello, 1878

Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 10.

Egeria pseudoradiata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998)
Galatea biangulata — Huber (2010)

Galatea radiata var. purpurea Germain, 1918

Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24(2): 131.

Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998)

Egeria kockii IUCN, 2010

‘Bernardi’ IUCN, 2010. IUCN Red List: [web].