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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea paradoxa

nominal species Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791

Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

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

= Galatea paradoxa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778) — WoRMS, 2011

+ Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780) — Daget, 1998

+ Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Egeria (s.s.) paradoxa (Born) — Dall, 1903

+ Galatea radiata (Lamarck) — Bernardi, 1860

+ Galatea radiata Lamarck — Fischer, 1857

+ Galatæa [sic] radiata Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

+ Galathea radiataLamarck, 1818

 
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