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Publication Agassiz (1845): summary

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Agassiz, L. 1845. Nomina Systematica Generum Molluscorum, tam viventium quam fossilium.... Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Barbata Sowerby, 1839

‘Humphrey’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Cyrenocyclas Agassiz, 1845

Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 26.
Agassiz, 1845. Nomen. Zool., Mollusc.: 114.
(error for Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818)
Type species: Tellina limosa Maton, 1811 = Cyanocyclas limosa

Elliptis Agassiz, 1845

‘Rafinesque’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 33.
‘Rafin.’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 136.
(error for Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Type species: Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820 = Elliptio crassidens

Luticola Agassiz, 1845

‘Goldfuss’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 51.
‘Goldfuss’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 217.
(intro'd as syn. of Unio Retzius, 1788)

Naza Agassiz, 1845

Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 58.
(error for Naia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Nilotica Agassiz, 1845

‘(Sow.)’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 58. [nomen nudum]
‘(Sow.)’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 249.
(intro'd as syn. of Iridina Lamarck, 1819)

 
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