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

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nominal species Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

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

= Geloina erosa

Taxonomic Opinions

= Geloina coaxans — Wu et al., 2023
+ Geloina erosa (Lightfoot, 1786) — He & Zhuang, 2013
= Geloina coaxans (Gmelin) — OBIS, 2012
= Polymesoda coaxans Gmelin, 1791 — Bogan, 2010
= Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — B.J. Smith, 1992
+ Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Solander, 1786) — Morton, 1984
+ Polymesoda ceylonica Chemnitz — Hadl, 1976
= Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — Brandt, 1974
= Cyrena coaxans Gmelin — Schepman, 1919
= Cyrena (s.s. sec. Geloina) coaxans Gmelin — Dall, 1903
+ Cyrena ceylanica [sic] Lamarck — Clessin, 1877
+ Cyrena ceylonica Lamarck — Prime, 1870
+ Cyrena zeylanica — Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrena zeylanica Lam. — Hanley, 1843
+ Cyrena ceylanica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1830
+ Cyclas (Corneocyclas) ceylanica Chemnitz — Blainville, 1818
+ Cyrena zeylanica — Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyclas zeylanica n. — Lamarck, 1806

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