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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 | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea

species Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1780): specimens
     22 available nominal species synonyms (24 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Egeria paradoxa — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxa — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Egeria radiata — IUCN (2010)
Egeria concamerata — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Egeria heukelomii — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Egeria kochii — Bogan (2010)
Egeria kockii [sic] — IUCN (2010)
Egeria lubackii — Bogan (2010)
Galatea biangulata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Range

Estuaries in tropical West Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.