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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 | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa

species Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818): nominal species
     2 specimens available.

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].

Cyrena violaceaLamarck (1818), Deshayes (1830), Hanley (1843)
Cyclas violaceaLamarck (1806)
Cyrena javanicaMousson (1849)
Batissa violaceaDeshayes (1854), Prime (1862), Prime (1870), Clessin (1879), ..., WoRMS (2011), OBIS (2012), Sousa et al. (2014), Ng et al. (2016)
Batissa (s.s.) violaceaB.J. Smith (1992)

Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842
Hinds, 1842, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 81.

Cyrena tenebrosaHinds (1842), Hanley (1856)
Batissa tenebrosaDeshayes (1854), Prime (1862), Prime (1870), Thiele (1934)
Batissa tenebricosaClessin (1879), Hadl (1976)
Batissa violaceaPrime (1895)

Batissa unioniformis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 319.

Batissa unioniformisPrime (1860), Prime (1862), Prime (1870), Clessin (1879), Hadl (1976)
Batissa violaceaPrime (1895)

Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797, Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 301, fig. 1.

Cyclas islandicaBruguière (1797), Lamarck (1806)
Batissa childrenæPrime (1862)

Cyrena childrenae Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825, Ann. Phil. 9: 137 [as ‘childrenæ’].

Cyrena childrenaeGray (1825)
Cyrena childreniHanley (1843)
Batissa childrenæDeshayes (1854), Prime (1862), Prime (1870)
Batissa childreniClessin (1879)
Batissa lævigataPrime (1895)

Cyrena keraudrenia Lesson, 1830
Lesson, 1830, Voy. Coquille 2(1): 429, pl. 11, fig. 3.

Cyrena keraudreniaLesson (1830)
Cyrena kecaudreniHanley (1843)
Batissa keraudreniaDeshayes (1854), Prime (1870)
Batissa kerandreniaPrime (1862)
Batissa keraudreniClessin (1879)
Batissa lævigataPrime (1895)
Batissa violaceavan 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, 1854)

Cyrena jayensisLea (1834), Hanley (1843)
Batissa jayensisDeshayes (1854), Prime (1862), Clessin (1879)
Batissa jayanaPrime (1870)
Batissa violaceavan 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 childreniHanley (1843)

Cyrena kecaudreni Hanley, 1843
‘Lesson’ Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 94.
(error for Cyrena keraudrenia Lesson, 1830)

Cyrena kecaudreniHanley (1843)

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)

Cyrena violacea var. javanicaMousson (1849)
Cyrena javanica var. javanicaMousson (1849)
Batissa violacea var. suborbicularisDeshayes (1854)
Batissa sphæriculaPrime (1862)
Batissa jayanaPrime (1870)
Batissa violaceavan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Cyrena rotundata Philippi, 1851
Philippi, 1851, Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 107, pl. 3, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena rotundata Lea, 1834)

Cyrena rotundataPhilippi (1851)
Batissa violaceavan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Batissa insignis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 13, sp. 1.

Batissa insignisDeshayes (1854), Deshayes (1854), Prime (1862), Prime (1870), Clessin (1879)
Batissa lævigataPrime (1895)

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

Batissa jayanaDeshayes (1854), Prime (1870), Prime (1895)

Cyrena violacea var. suborbicularis Deshayes, 1854
‘Mousson’ Deshayes, 1854, Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 238.
(error for Cyrena violacea var. javanica Mousson, 1849)

Cyrena violacea var. suborbicularisDeshayes (1854)
Batissa violaceavan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Cyrena regulata Gassies, 1858
Gassies, 1858, J. de Conch. 7: 372.

Cyrena regulataGassies (1858)
Batissa tenebrosaPrime (1870)
Batissa tenebricosaClessin (1879)

Batissa elegans Prime, 1862
Prime, 1862, J. de Conch. 10: 385, pl. 13, fig. 1.

Batissa elegansPrime (1862), Prime (1870), Clessin (1879)
Batissa jayanaPrime (1895)

Batissa solidula Prime, 1862
Prime, 1862, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 3.
Prime, 1867, Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 82, fig. 32.

Batissa solidulaPrime (1862), Prime (1867), Prime (1870), Clessin (1879)
Batissa jayanaPrime (1895)

Batissa sphaericula Prime, 1862
Prime, 1862, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 2 [as ‘sphæricula’].

Batissa sphaericulaPrime (1862)
Batissa sphæriculaPrime (1862)
Batissa jayanaPrime (1870), Prime (1895)
Batissa jayensisClessin (1879)
Batissa violaceavan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Batissa sphaericola Clessin, 1879
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 207.
(error for Batissa sphaericula Prime, 1862)

Batissa sphaericolaClessin (1879)

Cyrena tenebricosa Clessin, 1879
‘Hindson’ [sic] Clessin, 1879, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 211.
‘Hinds’ Hadl, 1976, Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 80: 438.
(error for Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842)

Cyrena tenebricosaClessin (1879)

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 var. celebensisMartens (1897)
Batissa violaceavan 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 var. discoideaMartens (1897)
Batissa violaceavan 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 var. extensaMartens (1897)
Batissa violaceavan 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 var. macassaricaMartens (1897)
Batissa violaceavan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Batissa tenebrosaThiele (1934)
Batissa violaceavan Benthem Jutting (1953), Hadl (1976), Morton (1984), Morton (1989), WoRMS (2011), OBIS (2012), Sousa et al. (2014), Ng et al. (2016)
Batissa tenebricosaHadl (1976)
Batissa unioniformisHadl (1976)
Batissa (s.s.) violaceaB.J. Smith (1992)

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