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 elegans Prime, 1862

Prime, 1862, J. de Conch. 10: 385, pl. 13, fig. 1.

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa jayana Lea — Prime, 1895
= Batissa elegans Prime — Clessin, 1879
= Batissa elegans Prime — Prime, 1870

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