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Galatea
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Galatea

Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white"....

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Galatea Clam

speciesGalatea paradoxa

Galatea congica

speciesGalatea congica

Galatea nux

speciesGalatea nux

Galatea tenuicula

speciesGalatea tenuicula

Galatea cailliaudii

speciesGalatea cailliaudii

Galatea bernardii

speciesGalatea bernardii

Galatea bengoensis

speciesGalatea bengoensis

Galatea truncata

speciesGalatea truncata

Galatea schwabi

speciesGalatea schwabi

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 777244.