WoRMS taxon details
Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849
494742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494742)
accepted
Species
Galatea aegyptiaca G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galatea laeta R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted
Galatea rubicunda R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted
Galathea philippiana Morelet, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 183 [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
Note Angola, in the Bengo River near Luanda
Type locality Angola, in the Bengo River near Luanda [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494742 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Galathea philippiana Morelet, 1858) Morelet, A. (1858). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 1. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 1-34, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Galatea laeta R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 5(12): 190 [details]
original description (of Galatea rubicunda R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 5(12): 190 [details]
original description (of Galatea aegyptiaca G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1868). Monograph of the genus <i>Galatea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 16: pls 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [September]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133508
page(s): pl. 5, figs. 9a–b [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Galathea philippiana Morelet, 1858) Morelet, A. (1858). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 1. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 1-34, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Galatea laeta R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 5(12): 190 [details]
original description (of Galatea rubicunda R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 5(12): 190 [details]
original description (of Galatea aegyptiaca G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1868). Monograph of the genus <i>Galatea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 16: pls 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [September]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133508
page(s): pl. 5, figs. 9a–b [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Angola, in the Bengo River near Luanda [details]
