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

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species Batissa tenebrosa (Hinds, 1842): synonymy
     2 specimens

Cyrena obesa Hinds, 1842
Hinds, 1842. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 81.

Batissa obesaHadl (1976)

Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842
Hinds, 1842. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 81.

Batissa tenebrosaThiele (1934)
Batissa tenebricosa [sic]Hadl (1976)
Subba Rao (1989)

Batissa megadesma Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 14, sp. 7.

Batissa gracilis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 319.

Batissa minor Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 320.

Batissa minorHadl (1976)

Batissa unioniformis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 319.

Batissa unioniformisHadl (1976)

Batissa tenebrosa var. parallela Mousson, 1865
Mousson, 1865. J. de Conch. 13(2): 207.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842)

Cyrena tenebricosa Clessin, 1879
‘Hindson’ [sic] Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 211.
‘Hinds’ Hadl, 1976. Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 80: 438.
(error for Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Batissa tenebrosaThiele (1934)
Batissa obesaHadl (1976)
Batissa tenebricosa [sic]Hadl (1976)
Batissa minorHadl (1976)
Batissa unioniformisHadl (1976)
Subba Rao (1989)

 
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