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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!
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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa species Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818): synonymy 0 specimens Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 301, fig. 1. | |
Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818 Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421 [412]. [nomen nudum] Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553’ [2nd page 553].
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953), Hadl (1976), Morton (1984), Morton (1989), WoRMS (2011), OBIS (2012), Sousa et al. (2014), Ng et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2023) Batissa (s.s.) violacea — B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Cyrena childrenae Gray, 1825 Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 137 [as ‘childrenæ’]. | |
Cyrena keraudrenia Lesson, 1830 Lesson, 1830. Voy. Coquille 2(1): 429, pl. 11, fig. 3.
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Cyrena jayensis Lea, 1834 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 108, pl. 17, fig. 52. (renamed Batissa jayana Deshayes, 1855)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Cyrena childreni Hanley, 1843 ‘Gray’ of Authors. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 93. Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 212. (error for Cyrena childrenae Gray, 1825) | |
Cyrena violacea var. javanica Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 88, pl. 15, fig. 1. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Batissa jayana Deshayes, 1855 Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 237. (new name for Cyrena jayensis Lea, 1834) | |
Cyrena regulata Gassies, 1858 Gassies, 1858. J. de Conch. 7: 372. | |
Batissa elegans Prime, 1862 Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 385, pl. 13, fig. 1. | |
Batissa sphaericula Prime, 1862 Prime, 1862. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 2 [as ‘sphæricula’].
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Batissa kerandrenia of Authors, unknown year Adams of Authors. (error for Cyrena keraudrenia Lesson, 1830) | |
Batissa laevigata of Authors, unknown year Schumacher of Authors. | |
Cyrena kecaudreni Hanley, 1843 ‘Lesson’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 94. (error for Cyrena keraudrenia Lesson, 1830) | |
Cyrena rotundata Philippi, 1851 Philippi, 1851. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 107, pl. 3, fig. 1. (misidentified reference to Cyrena rotundata Lea, 1834)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Cyrena violacea var. suborbicularis Deshayes, 1855 ‘Mousson’ Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 238. (error for Cyrena violacea var. javanica Mousson, 1849)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Batissa sphaericola Clessin, 1879 ‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 207. (error for Batissa sphaericula Prime, 1862) | |
Batissa violacea var. celebensis Martens, 1897 Martens, 1897. Zool. Erg. Nied. Ost. Ind. 4: 104. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Batissa violacea var. discoidea Martens, 1897 Martens, 1897. Zool. Erg. Nied. Ost. Ind. 4: 106. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Batissa violacea var. extensa Martens, 1897 Martens, 1897. Zool. Erg. Nied. Ost. Ind. 4: 106. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Batissa violacea var. macassarica Martens, 1897 Martens, 1897. Zool. Erg. Nied. Ost. Ind. 4: 105. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818)
Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Batissa violacea — van Benthem Jutting (1953), Hadl (1976), Morton (1984), Morton (1989), WoRMS (2011), OBIS (2012), Sousa et al. (2014), Ng et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2023) Batissa (s.s.) violacea — B.J. Smith (1992)
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