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Publication Deshayes (1832): summary

Full Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Encyclopédie Méthodique; Histoire Naturelle des vers 3: 595-1152. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Paxiodonta Deshayes, 1832

‘Schumacher’ Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 3: 712.
(error for Paxyodon Schumacher, 1817)
Type species: Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Strophites Deshayes, 1832

‘Rafinesque’ Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 3: 998.
(error for Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Anodonta undulata Say, 1817 = Strophitus undulatus

Taxonomic Opinions

Solen legumen Lin. = Pharus legumen

Tellina radiata Lin.

Trigonia pectinata = Neotrigonia margaritacea

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