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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Balwantia

species Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836): synonymy
     12 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836
Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
(homonym of Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831; renamed Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870)

Solenaia soleniformisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Balwantia soleniformisPrashad (1919), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Balwantia bensoniPrashad (1932)

Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57.
(new name for Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836)

Solenaia soleniformisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Balwantia bensoniPrashad (1932)
Balwantia soleniformisHaas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Mycetopus bensonianus Paetel, 1890
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 186.
(error for Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870)

Solenaia soleniformisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Solenaia soleniformisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Balwantia soleniformisPrashad (1919), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Balwantia bensoniPrashad (1932)

 
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