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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina

species Geloina erosa (Solander, 1786): specimens
     8 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Polymesoda erosa — Bogan (2010)
Polymesoda coaxans — Bogan (2010)
Geloina erosa — OBIS (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), Liao et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2023)
Geloina coaxans — OBIS (2012), Wu et al. (2023)

Range

Brackish, from southern Japan to Australia, to Bay of Bengal.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

Papua New Guinea