MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
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freshwater mussels
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Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina bengalensis
nominal species Cyrena siamica Prime, 1864
Cyrena siamica Prime, 1864 = Geloina bengalensis
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126 [as ‘siamensis’].
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 86, fig. 35.
(new name for Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861)
Taxonomic Opinions
= Geloina siamica — OBIS, 2012: [web].
+ Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) — Morton, 1984: 79.
+ Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) — Brandt, 1974: 310.
= Cyrena siamica Prime — Prime, 1895: 24.
= Cyrena siamica Prime — Clessin, 1877: 123, pl. 19, fig. 4.
+ Cyrena sumatrensis Sowerby — Crosse & Fischer, 1876: 333.
+ Cyrena sumatrensis Sow. — Morelet, 1875: 358.
= Cyrena siamica Prime — Prime, 1870: 147.
= Cyrena siamica Prime — Prime, 1864: 86, fig. 35.
