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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina erosa

nominal species Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830

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Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830 = Geloina erosa

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

= Geloina erosa

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Polymesoda ceylonica Chemnitz — Hadl, 1976

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

= Cyrena papuana [sic] Lesson — Prime, 1895

= Cyrena papua Lesson — Clessin, 1877

= Cyrena papuana [sic] Lesson — Prime, 1870

= Cyrena papua Lesson — Deshayes, 1854

= Cyrena papua Lesson — Hanley, 1843

 
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