Geloina
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| Geloina | |
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| Geloina expansa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Cyrenoididae |
| Genus: | Geloina J. E. Gray, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Geloina coaxans J. F. Gmelin, 1791 | |
Geloina is a genus of bivalves in the family Cyrenoididae[1].
Geloina species are widely found in the Indo-Pacific region, specifically South East Asia. They are caught for culinary purposes, through both artisanal and commercial fisheries [2].
Species
Previously a part of the Cyrenidae family due to morphological similarities, Geloina was transferred to Cyrenoididae in a research article published in the Invertebrate Systematics journal. The article reveals that Geloina species were more closely related to those in Cyrenoididae than Cyrenidae.[3]
Many of Geloina species previously belong to the genus Polymesoda. For the names of these species, see List of former species in the genus Polymesoda.
There has been disagreement about the validity and distinction of some Geloina species based on their external description. Research was done using species delimitation on barcoding data, revealing that there are multiple cryptic species within Geloina expansa.[3]
- Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
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- Geloina bernardiana (Prime, 1861)
- Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Geloina divaricata (Deshayes, 1855)
- Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)
- Geloina luchuana (Pilsbry, 1894)
- Geloina mactraeformis (Prime, 1860)
- Geloina moerchiana (Prime, 1866)
- Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855)
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- Geloina oviformis (Deshayes, 1854)
- Geloina papua (R. P. Lesson, 1831)
- Geloina schepmani M. Huber, 2015
- Geloina triangularis (Metcalfe, 1852)
- Geloina vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)