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

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Bivalvia | Cardiida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea

species Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849: specimens
     12 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Egeria aegyptiaca — Bogan (2010)
Galatea laeta — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Egeria bengoensis — Bogan (2010)
Galatea bengoensis — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Galatea rubicunda — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Range

Brackish, estuaries in Angola.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.