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Publication Herrmannsen (1847): summary

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Herrmannsen, A.N. 1847. Indicis Generum Malacozoorum Primordia; nomina subgenerum, generum, familiarum, tribuum, ordinum, classium; adjectis auctoribus, temporibus, locis systematicis atque literariis, etymis, synonymis 2: 1-352. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Muelleria Menke, 1828

‘Férussac’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 98 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 61 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 533.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
(error for Mulleria Férussac, 1824)
Type species: Mulleria rivoli Deshayes, 1827 = Mulleria rivoli

Potamida Agassiz, 1846

Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 306.
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 329.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 816 [1245].
(homonym of Brongniart, 1810 [Gastro.]; new name for Potomida Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 = Potomida littoralis

 
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