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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina species Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818): synonymy
1 specimen Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 554’ [2nd page 554].
Cyrena (s.s.) bengalensis — Dall (1903)
Polymesoda bengalensis — van Benthem Jutting (1953), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), OBIS (2012)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984) | |
Cyrena sumatrensis G.B. Sowerby, 1821
G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 30, pl. 65.
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984) | |
Cyrena turgida Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 109, pl. 18, fig. 53.
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984) | |
Cyrena zeylanica Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 89, pl. 13.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806)
Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984) | |
Cyrena (Corneocyclas) galatheae Mørch, 1850
Mørch, 1850. Cat. Conch. Kierulf: 32, pl. 2.
Polymesoda (Geloina) galatheae — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Morton (1984)
Polymesoda bengalensis — IUCN (2012) | |
Cyrena eximia Dunker, 1852
Dunker, 1852. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 9: 51.
Polymesoda bengalensis — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984)
— B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Cyrena decipiens Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 17, sp. 18.
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984) | |
Cyrena fallax Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 15, sp. 10.
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Morton (1984)
— B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Cyrena impressa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 18, sp. 23.
Polymesoda bengalensis — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984)
— B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Cyrena sinuosa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 18, sp. 22.
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984) | |
Cyrena regularis Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
 Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 90, fig. 38. | |
Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
(renamed Cyrena siamica Prime, 1864) | |
Cyrena siamica Prime, 1864
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126 [as ‘siamensis’].
 Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 86, fig. 35.
(new name for Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984)
Geloina siamica — OBIS (2012) | |
Cyrena bengalensis var. umbonata Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 108, pl. 13, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818) | |
Cyrena decipiens Tomlin, 1932
Tomlin, 1932. J. nat. Hist. Siam Soc. 8: 317.
(reference to Cyrena decipiens Deshayes, 1855) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Cyrena (s.s.) bengalensis — Dall (1903)
Polymesoda bengalensis — van Benthem Jutting (1953), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), OBIS (2012)
Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis — Brandt (1974), Morton (1984)
Polymesoda (Geloina) galatheae — Brandt (1974)
— B.J. Smith (1992)
Geloina siamica — OBIS (2012)
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