The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea bengoensis

nominal species 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 bengoensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Egeria bengoensis (Dunker, 1849) — Daget, 1998
+ Egeria bengoensis laeta (Philippi, 1849) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Galatea laeta var. versicolor — Bernardi, 1860
= Galatea versicolor Morelet — Fischer, 1857

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