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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina

species Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Polymesoda coaxans — Bogan (2010)
Geloina coaxans — OBIS (2012), Wu et al. (2023)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)

Range

Brackish, Australia, New Guinea & the Philippines.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

Papua New Guinea