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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Donacidae | Galatea

species Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849: nominal species

Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849
Dunker, 1849, Z. Malak. 5(12): 183.

Galatea bengoensisDunker (1849), Fischer (1857), Bernardi (1860), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Egeria bengoensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)

Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849
Philippi, 1849, Z. Malak. 5(12): 190.
(renamed Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858)

Galatea laetaPhilippi (1849), Bernardi (1860), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Galatea lætaFischer (1857)
Egeria bengoensis laetaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (1998)

Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1849
Philippi, 1849, Z. Malak. 5(12): 190.
(renamed Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858)

Galatea rubicundaPhilippi (1849), Fischer (1857), Bernardi (1860), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (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)

Venus aegyptiacaChemnitz (1795)
Galatea ægyptiacaFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860), Pallary (1909)
Egeria chemnitziiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea laetaHuber (2010)

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

Galateia aguiariiBrito Capello (1878)
Egeria aguiariPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)
Galatea laetaHuber (2010)

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

Galatea chemnitziiPhilippi (1851)
Galatea ægyptiacaFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria chemnitziiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998)
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)

Galatea laeta var. versicolorFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Galatea versicolorFischer (1857)
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)

Galatea philippianaMorelet (1858)
Egeria bengoensis laetaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria bengoensisDaget (1998)

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

Venus niloticaBernardi (1860)
Egeria aegyptiacaDaget (1998)

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

Galateia bocagiiBrito Capello (1878)
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)

Galateia bengoensis var. multiradiataBrito Capello (1878)
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)

Galateia bengoensis var. tigrinaBrito Capello (1878)
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)

Galateia bengoensis var. versicolorBrito Capello (1878)
Egeria bengoensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (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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