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

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Publication Fischer (1857): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Fischer, P. 1857. Liste des espèces du genre Galatea. Journal de Conchyliologie 5 (sér. 2): 339-344. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Galatea ægyptiaca Chem. = Galatea bengoensis
+ Galatea chemnitzii Philippi, 1851

Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1848

Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857

Galatea concamerata (Duval, 1840) = Galatea paradoxa

Galatea læta Philippi, 1848 = Galatea bengoensis

Galatea radiata Lamarck = Galatea paradoxa
+ Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus paradoxa Born, 1778
+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus fluminea Röding, 1798

Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1848 = Galatea bengoensis

Galatea tenuicula Philippi, 1848

Galatea versicolor Morelet = Galatea bengoensis