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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina erosa

nominal species Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791 = Geloina erosa

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

= Geloina erosa

Taxonomic Opinions

= Geloina coaxansWu et al., 2023

+ Geloina erosa (Lightfoot, 1786) — He & Zhuang, 2013

= Geloina coaxans (Gmelin) — OBIS, 2012

= Polymesoda coaxans Gmelin, 1791 — Bogan, 2010

= Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — B.J. Smith, 1992

+ Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Solander, 1786) — Morton, 1984

+ Polymesoda ceylonica Chemnitz — Hadl, 1976

= Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — Brandt, 1974

= Cyrena coaxans Gmelin — Schepman, 1919

= Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans Gmelin — Dall, 1903

+ Cyrena ceylanica [sic] Lamarck — Clessin, 1877

+ Cyrena ceylonica Lamarck — Prime, 1870

+ Cyrena zeylanicaDeshayes, 1854

+ Cyrena zeylanica Lam. — Hanley, 1843

+ Cyrena ceylanica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1830

+ Cyclas (Corneocyclas) ceylanica Chemnitz — Blainville, 1818

+ Cyrena zeylanicaLamarck, 1818

+ Cyclas zeylanica n. — Lamarck, 1806

 
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