Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)

Kondakov, Alexander V., Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Adesanya, Abiona J., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Braun, Jean J., Gofarov, Mikhail Y., Lyubas, Artem A., Tomilova, Alena A., Vikhrev, Ilya V., Pokrovsky, Oleg S. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2020, The global freshwater bivalve checklist’s extension: Freshwater occurrences and phylogenetic position of Galatea clams from West Africa (Venerida: Donacidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 35, pp. 144-158 : 152-153

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https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.35.12

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scientific name

Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)
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Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778) View in CoL

= Venus paradoxa Born (1778) : 53.

= Galathea radiata Lamarck (1804): 433 .

= Egeria paradoxa Daget (1998) View in CoL : 224.

= Galatea paradoxa Germain (1918): 133 View in CoL ; Huber (2010): 322 (compendium), 692 (special remarks).

Figs 1 View Figure 1 and 4 View Figure 4 .

Type: Holotype in the Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria (fide Daget 1998).

Type locality: Unknown.

Material examined: NIGERIA: Niger River at Yenagoa , 4.9173°N, 6.2635°E, Bayelsa State, 01.ii.2017, 9 shells [ RMBH biv1086], Abiona J. Adesanya leg. GoogleMaps

Habitats: This species prefers slightly brackish and freshwater habitats in the downstream sections of large rivers ( Lawson 1963; Purchon 1963; Etim & Brey 1994; Etim 1996; Etim et al. 1997; Adeyemo et al. 2013; this study).

Distribution: Volta, Niger, and Cross rivers in West Africa ( Fig. 1 View Figure 1 and Table 2).

Comments: The type locality of Venus paradoxa Born, 1778 is unknown, and there is still not much evidence that the species we are discussing on belongs to this nominal taxon. Multiple authors applied the name radiata Lamarck, 1804 to Galatea populations from the Volta, Niger, and Cross rivers (e.g. Bernardi 1860; Lawson 1963; Purchon 1963; Etim & Brey 1994; Etim 1996; Etim et al. 1997) but it was synonymized with paradoxa Born, 1778 (e.g. Germain 1918; Daget 1998). Germain (1918: figs 18-19) illustrated the holotype of Galatea radiata Lamarck.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Donacidae

Genus

Galatea

Loc

Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)

Kondakov, Alexander V., Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Adesanya, Abiona J., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Braun, Jean J., Gofarov, Mikhail Y., Lyubas, Artem A., Tomilova, Alena A., Vikhrev, Ilya V., Pokrovsky, Oleg S. & Bolotov, Ivan N. 2020
2020
Loc

Galatea paradoxa

Huber, M. 2010: 322
Germain, L. 1918: 133
1918
Loc

Galathea radiata

Lamarck, J. B. 1804: 433
1804
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