Geloina bengalensis ( Lamarck, 1818 )

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, ZooKeys 1202, pp. 1-110 : 1-110

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1202.119389

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11200512

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/55AF5496-4A5C-5553-AE3E-23AA1051DF8E

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scientific name

Geloina bengalensis ( Lamarck, 1818 )
status

 

Geloina bengalensis ( Lamarck, 1818) View in CoL

Figs 13 C View Figure 13 , 15 B View Figure 15

Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818: 554. Type locality: Bengal.

Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis View in CoL . Brandt 1974: 310 – 311, pl. 28, fig. 83. Nateewathana 1995: 106, with in-text fig. Aungtonya et al. 1999: 380. Robba et al. 2002: 106, pl. 16, fig. 9. Robba et al. 2003: tables 1, 2. Robba et al. 2007: 87 (appendix). Nabhitabhata 2009: 21, with in-text fig, 471.

Polymesoda bengalensis View in CoL . Poutiers 1998 a: 319, with in-text figs. Dharma 2005: 266, pl. 108, fig. 25. Dey 2006: 74 – 75, figs 113, 114. Tudu et al. 2018: table 1.

Geloina bengalensis View in CoL . Huber 2015: 319; C 20908. BEDO 2017 a: 252, with in-text fig. Wells et al. 2021: 39.

Referred material.

CUF - NKNY - B 31 (2 L + 3 R shells; Figs 13 C View Figure 13 , 15 B View Figure 15 ).

Habitat.

In intertidal zones, river deltas, estuaries, mud flats, and in mangrove areas ( Poutiers 1998 a; Huber 2015).

Distribution.

Bay of Bengal; Indo-West Pacific, from Taiwan to Indonesia ( Huber 2015). Records of fossils from the Holocene in Thailand ( Robba et al. 2002).

Record in Thailand.

Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea ( Wells et al. 2021).

Taxonomic remarks and comparisons.

This species is recognised based on the descriptions and figures in Robba et al. (2002) and Huber (2015), specifically in having a solid, inflated, pronounced inequilateral, and subtriangular shell shape.

Superfamily Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Venerida

Family

Cyrenidae

Genus

Geloina

Loc

Geloina bengalensis ( Lamarck, 1818 )

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon 2024
2024
Loc

Geloina bengalensis

Wells FE & Sanpanich K & Tan SK & Duangdee T 2021: 39
Huber M 2015: 319
Geloina bengalensis . Huber 2015: 319 ; C 20908. BEDO 2017 a : 252 , with in-text fig. Wells et al. 2021: 39 .
: 252
2015
Loc

Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis

Nabhitabhata J 2009: 21
Robba E & Di Geronimo I & Chaimanee N & Negri MP & Sanfilippo R 2007: 87
Robba E & Di Geronimo I & Chaimanee N & Negri MP & Sanfilippo R 2002: 106
Aungtonya C & Thaiklang N & Srisawan D 1999: 380
Nateewathana A 1995: 106
Brandt RAM 1974: 310 - 311
Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis . Brandt 1974: 310 – 311 , pl. 28, fig. 83. Nateewathana 1995: 106 , with in-text fig. Aungtonya et al. 1999: 380 . Robba et al. 2002: 106 , pl. 16, fig. 9. Robba et al. 2003 : tables 1, 2. Robba et al. 2007: 87 (appendix). Nabhitabhata 2009: 21 , with in-text fig, 471.
1974
Loc

Cyrena bengalensis

Lamarck J-BM de 1818: 554
1818
Loc

Polymesoda bengalensis

Dey A 2006: 74 - 75
Dharma B 2005: 266
Polymesoda bengalensis . Poutiers 1998 a : 319 , with in-text figs. Dharma 2005: 266 , pl. 108, fig. 25. Dey 2006: 74 – 75 , figs 113, 114. Tudu et al. 2018 : table 1.
Poutiers JM : 319
Poutiers 1998 a