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

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Geloina erosa

nominal species Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 333, pl. 32, fig. 336. [non-binomial]

= Geloina erosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Geloina erosa (Lightfoot, 1786) — He & Zhuang, 2013
+ Polymesoda (Geloina) erosa (Solander, 1786) — Morton, 1984
= Polymesoda ceylonica Chemnitz — Hadl, 1976
+ Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) — Brandt, 1974
= Cyrena ceylonica Lamarck — Prime, 1895
+ Cyrena ceylanica [sic] Lamarck — Clessin, 1877
= Cyrena ceylonica Lamarck — Prime, 1870
+ Cyrena zeylanica — Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyclas zeylanica n. — Lamarck, 1806

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