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 | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea

nominal species Batissa jayana Deshayes, 1854

Deshayes, 1854, Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 237.
(new name for Cyrena jayensis Lea, 1834)

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

= Batissa jayana Lea — Prime, 1895
= Batissa jayana Deshayes — Prime, 1870

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