WoRMS taxon details
Galatea Bruguière, 1797
492282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492282)
accepted
Genus
Galatea radiata Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778) (type by subsequent monotypy)
Egeria de Roissy, 1805 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)
unnecessary replacement name for Galatea Bruguière, 1797
Galateia Brito Capello, 1878 · unaccepted (error for Galatea Bruguière, 1797)
Galathea Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted (unjustified emmendation for...)
unjustified emmendation for Galatea Bruguière, 1797
Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849
- Species Galatea cailliaudii Bernardi, 1860
- Species Galatea congica O. Boettger, 1885
- Species Galatea nux (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
- Species Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)
- Species Galatea schwabi (Clench, 1929)
- Species Galatea tenuicula R. A. Philippi, 1849
- Species Galatea biangulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 accepted as Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)
- Species Galatea heukelomii Bernardi, 1860 accepted as Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galatea laeta R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849
- Species Galatea quanzae (de Brito Capello, 1878) accepted as Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857
- Species Galatea radiata Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)
- Species Galatea rubicunda R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849
- Species Galatea rubrotincta Preston, 1909 accepted as Galatea congica O. Boettger, 1885 (junior synonym)
- Species Galatea aegyptiaca G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Galatea triangularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 250 [details]
page(s): pl. 250 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galatea Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492282 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 250 [details]
original description (of Egeria de Roissy, 1805) De Roissy, F. (1801-1805). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Mollusques, Animaux sans Vertèbres et a Sang Blanc. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Oeuvres du Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Continué par Felix de Roissy. Paris, P. Dufart. Tme 5 [1804], 450 pp; Tome 6, 480 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110556
page(s): 324 [details]
page(s): pl. 250 [details]
original description (of Egeria de Roissy, 1805) De Roissy, F. (1801-1805). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Mollusques, Animaux sans Vertèbres et a Sang Blanc. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Oeuvres du Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Continué par Felix de Roissy. Paris, P. Dufart. Tme 5 [1804], 450 pp; Tome 6, 480 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110556
page(s): 324 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Baker, H. B. (1964). <i>Galatea</i> (Donacidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 78(2): 67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521368 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Obirikorang, K.; Amisah, S.; Adjei-Boateng, D. (2013). Habitat description of the threatened freshwater clam, <i>Galatea paradoxa</i> (Born 1778) at the Volta Estuary, Ghana. <em>Current World Environment.</em> 8(3): 331-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.12944/cwe.8.3.01 [details]
Other
additional source
Bernardi, A. C. (1860). Monographie des genres <i>Galatea</i> et <i>Fischeria</i>. Paris, L. Tinterlin, 48 pp., 9 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102954 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Egeria) (from synonym Egeria de Roissy, 1805)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galatea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathea) (from synonym Galathea Lamarck, 1805)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamophila) (from synonym Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
To Genbank (from synonym Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galatea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathea) (from synonym Galathea Lamarck, 1805)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamophila) (from synonym Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
To Genbank (from synonym Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
