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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 paradoxa (Born, 1780): nominal species

Venus paradoxa Born, 1780
Born, 1780, Index Mus. Caes. Vind.: 53.

Venus paradoxaBorn (1780)
Galathea radiataLamarck (1818), Hanley (1843)
Galatæa radiataDeshayes (1832)
Galatea radiataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)

Galatea biangulata Sowerby, 1868
Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 5, fig. 12.

Galatea biangulataSowerby (1868), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Egeria biangulataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)

Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804
Lamarck, 1804, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 433, pl. 28.
Lamarck, 1818, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 555’ [2nd page 555].

Galathea radiataLamarck (1804), Lamarck (1818), Hanley (1843)
Galatæa radiataDeshayes (1832)
Galatea radiataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Egeria radiataThiele (1934), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010), Kondakov et al. (2020)

Galathea concamerata Duval, 1840
Duval, 1840, Rev. Zool.: 211.

Galathea concamerataDuval (1840)
Galatea concamerataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria concamerataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010)

Galatea heukelomii Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 30, pl. 6, figs. 3-4; pl. 9, fig. 2.

Galatea heukelomiiBernardi (1860)
Egeria heukelomiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010)

Galatea kochii Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 22, pl. 4, figs. 5-8; pl. 9, figs. 6-7.

Galatea kochiiBernardi (1860)
Egeria kochiiDaget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Egeria kockiiIUCN (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010)

Galatea lubackii Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 24, pl. 1, figs. 5-6; pl. 8, fig. 4.

Galatea lubackiiBernardi (1860)
Egeria lubackiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010)

Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus hermaphroditaGmelin (1791)
Cyclas (Cyanocyclas) hermaphroditaBlainville (1818)
Galathea radiataHanley (1843)
Galatea radiataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Egeria paradoxa hermaphroditaClench (1929)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273, var. B.
(misidentified reference to Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Venus meretrixGmelin (1791)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 326, pl. 31, figs. 327-329. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus reclusaGmelin (1791)
Galatea radiataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)
Galatea paradoxaWoRMS (2011)

Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280.

Venus subviridisGmelin (1791)
Galathea radiataLamarck (1818)
Galatæa radiataDeshayes (1832)
Galatea radiataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Galatea paradoxaWoRMS (2011)

Venus meretrix var. beta Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Venus meretrix var. betaGmelin (1791)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)

Venus fluminea Röding, 1798
Röding, 1798, unknown publication: ??.

Venus flumineaRöding (1798)
Galatea radiataFischer (1857), Bernardi (1860)
Galatea paradoxaWoRMS (2011)

Donax variegata Perry, 1811
Perry, 1811, unknown publication: pl. 58, fig. 1.

Donax variegataPerry (1811)
Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea lubakii Bernardi, 1860
‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: pl. 1, figs. 5-6.
Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, sp. 13.
Huber, 2010, Compendium of Bivalves: 692.
(error for Galatea lubackii Bernardi, 1860)

Galatea lubakiiBernardi (1860)

Galatea concamerata var. rosea Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 20, pl. 3, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea concamerata Duval, 1840)

Galatea concamerata var. roseaBernardi (1860)
Egeria concamerataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea kochii var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 23, pl. 4, figs. 3-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea kochii Bernardi, 1860; homonym of Galatea radiata var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860)

Galatea kochii var. unicolorBernardi (1860)
Egeria kochiiDaget (1998)

Galatea radiata var. multiradiata Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 19, pl. 7, fig. 4-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804)

Galatea radiata var. multiradiataBernardi (1860)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea radiata var. olivacea Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 19, pl. 7, figs. 2-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804)

Galatea radiata var. olivaceaBernardi (1860)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Galatea radiata var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860, Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 19.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804)

Galatea radiata var. unicolorBernardi (1860)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Galatea truncata Dunker, 1867
Dunker, 1867, unknown publication: 206, pl. 3, figs. 1-3.

Galatea truncataDunker (1867)
Egeria truncataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010)

Galateia pseudoradiata Brito Capello, 1878
Brito Capello, 1878, unknown publication: 10.

Galateia pseudoradiataBrito Capello (1878)
Egeria pseudoradiataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)
Galatea biangulataHuber (2010)

Galatea radiata var. purpurea Germain, 1918
Germain, 1918, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24(2): 131.

Galatea radiata var. purpureaGermain (1918)
Egeria paradoxaDaget (1998)

Egeria kockii IUCN, 2010
‘Bernardi’ IUCN, 2010, IUCN Red List: [web].

Egeria kockiiIUCN (2010)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Egeria (s.s.) paradoxaDall (1903)
Galatea radiata var. purpureaGermain (1918)
Egeria paradoxaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Egeria concamerataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Egeria heukelomiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Egeria lubackiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Egeria truncataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria biangulataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria pseudoradiataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Egeria paradoxa hermaphroditaClench (1929)
Egeria radiataThiele (1934), IUCN (2010)
Egeria kochiiDaget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Galatea paradoxaHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Egeria kockiiIUCN (2010)
Galatea biangulataHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

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