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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa

species Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818): specimens

19 available nominal species synonyms (26 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Batissa violaceaWoRMS (2011), OBIS (2012), Sousa et al. (2014), Ng et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2023)

Range

Brackish, throughout tropical western Pacific, from Indochina and northern Australia to Fiji.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Batissa violacea

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Republic of Fiji

image of lot MNHN_MP_4083
MNHN_MP_4083

Rewa River, Viti Levu

image of lot MNHN_MP_4632
MNHN_MP_4632

Viti Levu / Fiji Islands: estuary of Rewa River

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.