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 Cyrena jayensis Lea, 1834

Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 108, pl. 17, fig. 52.
(renamed Batissa jayana Deshayes, 1854)

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818) — van Benthem Jutting, 1953
= Batissa jayensis Lea — Clessin, 1879
+ Batissa jayana Deshayes — Prime, 1870
= Batissa jayensis Ads. — Prime, 1862
= Batissa jayensis Lea — Deshayes, 1854
= Cyrena jayensis Lea — Hanley, 1843

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