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!

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea

nominal species Batissa insignis Deshayes, 1854

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

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa lævigata Schumacher — Prime, 1895
= Batissa insignis Deshayes — Clessin, 1879
= Batissa insignis Deshayes — Prime, 1870
= Batissa insignis Desh. — Prime, 1862
= Batissa insignis Desh. — Deshayes, 1854

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