species Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791): synonymy

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

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

Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans — Dall (1903)
Cyrena coaxans — Schepman (1919)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974), B.J. Smith (1992)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Polymesoda coaxans — Bogan (2010)
Geloina coaxans — OBIS (2012), Wu et al. (2023)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 420.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 554’ [2nd page 554].

Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans — Dall (1903)
Polymesoda (Geloina) ceylanica [sic] — Thiele (1934)
Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Cyclas ceylanica Blainville, 1818

‘Chemnitz’ Blainville, 1818. Dict. Sci. Nat. 12: 279.

Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830

Lesson, 1830. Voy. Coquille 2(1): 428.
SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3518, Nvelle. Guinee.

Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Cyrena cyprinoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

(homonym of Cyrena cyprinoides Gray, 1825)
Quoy & Gaimard, 1835. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. 3(2): 513, pl. 82, figs. 1-3.

Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Cyrena buschii Philippi, 1848

Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 78, pl. 2, fig. 2.

Cyrena suborbicularis Philippi, 1848

‘v. d. Busch’ Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 77, pl. 2, fig. 1.

Geloina suborbicularis — OBIS (2012)

Cyrena pallida Deshayes, 1855

Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 17, sp. 19.

Cyrena tennentii Hanley, 1858

Hanley, 1858. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1858: 23.

Cyrena moussoni Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897. Zool. Erg. Nied. Ost. Ind. 4: 94.

Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 333, pl. 32, fig. 336. [non-binomial]

Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Cyrena papuana Prime, 1870

(error for Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830)
“Lesson” Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 146.
“Lesson” Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 26.

Cyrena tennetii Clessin, 1879

(error for Cyrena tennentii Hanley, 1858)
‘Hanley’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 240.

Polymesoda erosa van Benthem Jutting, 1953

(misidentified reference to Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786)
van Benthem Jutting, 1953. Treubia 22(1): 50, fig. 11.

Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)