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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina species Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791): synonymy
1 specimen Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.
Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans — Dall (1903)
Cyrena coaxans — Schepman (1919)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974), B.J. Smith (1992)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Polymesoda coaxans — Bogan (2010)
Geloina coaxans — OBIS (2012), Wu et al. (2023)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806
Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 420.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 554’ [2nd page 554].
Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans — Dall (1903)
Polymesoda (Geloina) ceylanica [sic] — Thiele (1934)
Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyclas ceylanica Blainville, 1818
‘Chemnitz’ Blainville, 1818. Dict. Sci. Nat. 12: 279. | |
Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830
 Lesson, 1830. Voy. Coquille 2(1): 428.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3518, Nvelle. Guinee.
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyrena cyprinoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Quoy & Gaimard, 1835. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. 3(2): 513, pl. 82, figs. 1-3.
(homonym of Cyrena cyprinoides Gray, 1825)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyrena moussoni Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Zool. Erg. Nied. Ost. Ind. 4: 94.
Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 333, pl. 32, fig. 336. [non-binomial]
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyrena papuana Prime, 1870
“Lesson” Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 146.
“Lesson” Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 26.
(error for Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830) | |
Polymesoda erosa van Benthem Jutting, 1953
van Benthem Jutting, 1953. Treubia 22(1): 50, fig. 11.
(misidentified reference to Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans — Dall (1903)
Cyrena coaxans — Schepman (1919)
Polymesoda (Geloina) ceylanica [sic] — Thiele (1934)
Polymesoda erosa — van Benthem Jutting (1953)
Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans — Brandt (1974), B.J. Smith (1992)
Polymesoda ceylonica — Hadl (1976)
Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa — Morton (1984)
Polymesoda coaxans — Bogan (2010)
Geloina coaxans — OBIS (2012), Wu et al. (2023)
Geloina erosa — He & Zhuang (2013)
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