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

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species Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849: synonymy
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Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849
Dunker, 1849. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(12): 183.

Egeria bengoensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea bengoensisHuber (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 laetaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (1998)
Galatea laetaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1849
Philippi, 1849. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(12): 190.
(renamed Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858)

Egeria bengoensisDaget (1998)
Galatea rubicundaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Galatea chemnitzii Philippi, 1851
Philippi, 1851. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 124.
(new name for Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795)

Egeria chemnitziiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998)
Galatea laetaHuber (2010)

Venus nilotica Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 40.
(new name for Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795)

Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998)

Galateia aguiarii Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 11.

Egeria aguiariPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)
Galatea laetaHuber (2010)

Galateia bocagii Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 9, pl. 1, figs. 8; pl. 2, figs. 2-4.

Egeria bengoensis bocagiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (1998)
Galatea laetaHuber (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 bengoensisPilsbry & 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 bengoensisPilsbry & 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 bengoensisPilsbry & 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 ægyptiacaPallary (1909)
Egeria chemnitziiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea laetaHuber (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 laetaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (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 laetaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Galatea ægyptiacaPallary (1909)
Egeria chemnitziiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Egeria bengoensis laetaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria aguiariPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensis bocagiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)
Galatea laetaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Galatea bengoensisHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Galatea rubicundaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

 
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