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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: synonymy 0 specimens Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849 Dunker, 1849. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(12): 183.
Egeria bengoensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010) Galatea bengoensis — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020) | |
Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849 Philippi, 1849. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(12): 190. (renamed Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858)
Egeria bengoensis laeta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria bengoensis — Daget (1998) Galatea laeta — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1849 Philippi, 1849. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(12): 190. (renamed Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858)
Egeria bengoensis — Daget (1998) Galatea rubicunda — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Galatea chemnitzii Philippi, 1851 Philippi, 1851. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 124. (new name for Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795)
Egeria chemnitzii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria aegyptiaca — Daget (1998) Galatea laeta — Huber (2010) | |
Venus nilotica Bernardi, 1860 Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 40. (new name for Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795)
Egeria aegyptiaca — Daget (1998) | |
Galateia aguiarii Brito Capello, 1878 Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 11.
Egeria aguiari — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998) Galatea laeta — Huber (2010) | |
Galateia bocagii Brito Capello, 1878 Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 9, pl. 1, figs. 8; pl. 2, figs. 2-4.
Egeria bengoensis bocagii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria bengoensis — Daget (1998) Galatea laeta — Huber (2010) | |
Galateia bengoensis var. multiradiata Brito Capello, 1878 Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 16. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849; homonym of Galatea radiata var. multiradiata Bernardi, 1860)
Egeria bengoensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998) | |
Galateia bengoensis var. tigrina Brito Capello, 1878 Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 16. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849)
Egeria bengoensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998) | |
Galateia bengoensis var. versicolor Brito Capello, 1878 Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 16. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849; homonym of Galatea laeta var. versicolor Fischer, 1857)
Egeria bengoensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998) | |
Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 231, pl 202, fig. 1985-1986 [as ‘aegyptica’]. [non-binomial] (renamed Galatea chemnitzii Philippi, 1851; renamed Venus nilotica Bernardi, 1860)
Galatea ægyptiaca — Pallary (1909) Egeria chemnitzii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria aegyptiaca — Daget (1998), Bogan (2010) Galatea laeta — Huber (2010) | |
Galatea laeta var. versicolor Fischer, 1857 Fischer, 1857. J. de Conch. 5: 344. Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 29, pl. 1, figs. 7-8. Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, fig. 16c. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849)
Egeria bengoensis laeta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria bengoensis — Daget (1998) | |
Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858 Morelet, 1858. unknown publication: 32. (new name for Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849; new name for Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1849)
Egeria bengoensis laeta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria bengoensis — Daget (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Galatea ægyptiaca — Pallary (1909) Egeria chemnitzii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria bengoensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010) Egeria bengoensis laeta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria aguiari — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria bengoensis bocagii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Egeria aegyptiaca — Daget (1998), Bogan (2010) Egeria paradoxa — Daget (1998) Galatea laeta — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) Galatea bengoensis — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020) Galatea rubicunda — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
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