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

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genus Geloina Gray, 1842: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym (3 total synonyms) | cladomics

Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Borneo. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (brackish)
syonymy (13 available, 15 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Brackish, Bay of Bengal from India, Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Polymesoda bengalensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) (brackish)
syonymy (6 available, 9 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Brackish, Australia, New Guinea & the Philippines.
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ITS1, mtGenome, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849) (brackish)
syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, from Bay of Bengal, north to Japan, south to Australia, east to Vanuatu. (East Asia, Australasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, COI, mtGenome, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Polymesoda expansa)
other links: MolluscaBase

Geloina luchuana Pilsbry, 1894 (brackish)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Japan. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Geloina oviformis (Deshayes, 1855) (brackish)
syonymy (9 available, 10 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Australia and the Philippines.
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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