WoRMS taxon details
Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
987269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:987269)
accepted
Species
Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Cyrena ceylonica var. major Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted
Cyrena eximia Dunker, 1852 · unaccepted
Cyrena moussoni E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted
Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cyrena siamica [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of original name,...)
misspelling of original name, Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861
Cyrena sumatrensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyrena turgida I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted
Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) · unaccepted
(of Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 554 [details]
page(s): 554 [details]
Note India, Bengal, without a precise locality
Type locality India, Bengal, without a precise locality [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=987269 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyrena moussoni E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
page(s): 94; note: nom. nov. pro Cyrena ceylonica var major Mousson, 1849 [details]
original description (of Cyrena sumatrensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 5, [65] [details]
original description (of Cyrena turgida I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 109, pl. 18, fig. 53 [details]
original description (of Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Cyrena, Corbicula</i> and <i>Sphaerium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 125-128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683254
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Cyrena ceylonica var. major Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 89, pl. XIII [details]
original description (of Cyrena eximia Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(4): 49-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300747
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 554 [details]
page(s): 94; note: nom. nov. pro Cyrena ceylonica var major Mousson, 1849 [details]
original description (of Cyrena sumatrensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 5, [65] [details]
original description (of Cyrena turgida I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 109, pl. 18, fig. 53 [details]
original description (of Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Cyrena, Corbicula</i> and <i>Sphaerium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 125-128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683254
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Cyrena ceylonica var. major Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 89, pl. XIII [details]
original description (of Cyrena eximia Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(4): 49-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300747
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 554 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Cyrena ceylonica var. major Mousson, 1849) ZMZ [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality India, Bengal, without a precise locality [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyrena moussoni E. von Martens, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818))
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