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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!
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Bivalvia | Cardiida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae genus Galatea Bruguière, 1797: species
6 available nominal genus synonyms (10 total synonyms) | cladomics  Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1780)
syonymy (21 available, 24 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Estuaries in tropical West Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase
| Galatea schwabi (Clench, 1929)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lower Sanaga, Cameroon. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase |  Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849 (brackish)
syonymy (12 available, 13 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, estuaries in Angola. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase
| Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857 (brackish)
syonymy (12 available, 12 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, coastal Angola, north to Gabon. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase | Galatea cailliaudi Bernardi, 1860 (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, coastal, tropical Atlantic Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase | Galatea congica Boettger, 1885 (brackish)
syonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, coastal, tropical Atlantic Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase | Galatea nux (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Congo estuary. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase | Galatea tenuicula Philippi, 1848 (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Congo estuary. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase |
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