WoRMS taxon details
Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857
494743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494743)
accepted
Species
Galatea quanzae (de Brito Capello, 1878) · unaccepted
Galatea triangularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (probable synonym)
Dunker, W. (1857). Description d'une espèce nouvelle, du genre <i>Galatea</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 338-339., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862397
page(s): 338, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 338, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494743 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Dunker, W. (1857). Description d'une espèce nouvelle, du genre <i>Galatea</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 338-339., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862397
page(s): 338, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Galatea triangularis 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. 6, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 338, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Galatea triangularis 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. 6, fig. 15 [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 55258) (from synonym Galatea triangularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1868)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Galatea bernardii triangularis (G.B.Sowerby,1868) PARATYPE Gabon, Ogooué-Maritime, C... (from synonym Galatea triangularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1868)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Galatea bernardii triangularis (G.B.Sowerby,1868) PARATYPE Gabon, Ogooué-Maritime, C... (from synonym Galatea triangularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1868)
