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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea

nominal species Cyrena violacea var. javanica Mousson, 1849

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818) — van Benthem Jutting, 1953

+ Batissa jayana Deshayes — Prime, 1870

+ Batissa sphæricula Pr. — Prime, 1862

= Batissa violacea var. suborbicularis [sic] Mousson — Deshayes, 1854

= Cyrena javanica var. javanica — Mousson, 1849