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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina coaxans

nominal species Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791 = Geloina coaxans

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

Taxonomic Opinions

= Geloina coaxans — Wu et al., 2023: Tables 1-2, S1.

+ Geloina erosa (Lightfoot, 1786) — He & Zhuang, 2013: 158.

= Geloina coaxans (Gmelin) — OBIS, 2012: [web].

= Polymesoda coaxans Gmelin, 1791 — Bogan, 2010: [web].

= Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — B.J. Smith, 1992: 12.

+ Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Solander, 1786) — Morton, 1984: 79.

+ Polymesoda ceylonica Chemnitz — Hadl, 1976: 439.

= Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — Brandt, 1974: 309, pl. 27, fig. 71.

= Cyrena coaxans Gmelin — Schepman, 1919: 184.

= Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans Gmelin — Dall, 1903: 1444.

+ Cyrena ceylanica [sic] Lamarck — Clessin, 1877: 102.

+ Cyrena ceylonica Lamarck — Prime, 1870: 143.

+ Cyrena zeylanica — Deshayes, 1855: 248.

+ Cyrena zeylanica Lam. — Hanley, 1843: 93.

+ Cyrena ceylanica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1830: 49.

+ Cyclas (Corneocyclas) ceylanica Chemnitz — Blainville, 1818: 279.

+ Cyrena zeylanica — Lamarck, 1818: 554’.