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Publication Rafinesque (1815): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la Nature, ou Tableau de l’Univer et des Corps Organises. 224 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cycladea Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 146.
(new name for Cyclas Lamarck, 1799)

Limella Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 147.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 20.
(new name for Limnaea Poli, 1791)

Lymnea Rafinesque, 1815
‘Poli’ of Authors.
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 147.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 20.
(error for Limnaea Poli, 1791)

Unionea Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 147.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 20.
(new name for Unio Retzius, 1788)

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