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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea

nominal species Batissa elegans Prime, 1862

Batissa elegans Prime, 1862 = Batissa violacea

Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 385, pl. 13, fig. 1.

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa jayana Lea — Prime, 1895

= Batissa elegans Prime — Clessin, 1879

= Batissa elegans Prime — Prime, 1870

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