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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina bengalensis

nominal species Cyrena fallax Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena fallax Deshayes, 1854 = Geloina bengalensis

Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 15, sp. 10.

= Geloina bengalensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ B.J. Smith, 1992

+ Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) — Morton, 1984

= Cyrena fallax Deshayes — Prime, 1895

= Cyrena fallax Deshayes — Clessin, 1879

= Cyrena fallax Deshayes — Prime, 1870

= Cyrena fallax Desh. — Deshayes, 1854

 
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