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

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea

nominal species Cyrena childrenae Gray, 1825

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

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa lævigata Schumacher — Prime, 1895
= Batissa childreni [sic] Gray — Clessin, 1879
= Batissa childrenæ Deshayes — Prime, 1870
= Batissa childrenæ Adams — Prime, 1862
= Batissa childrenæ Gray, 1825 — Deshayes, 1854
= Cyrena childreni [sic] Gray — Hanley, 1843

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