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Data last updated Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 237.(new name for Cyrena jayensis Lea, 1834)
= Batissa jayana Lea — Prime, 1895: 18.
= Batissa jayana Deshayes — Prime, 1870: 139.