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Publication Bruguière (1792): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bruguière, J.G. 1792. Sur une nouvelle coquille du genre de l'Anodontite. Journal d’Histoire Naturelle 1: 131-136. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodontites Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 134.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201.
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 (monotypy) = Anodontites crispata

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 135, pl. 8, figs. 6-7.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 3a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 7.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MPL_0038, Cayenne ? “Habite... les régions australes? Du voyage de Baudin. Mus. n°. Mon cabinet.” ["Lives... the southern regions? The Baudin voyage. Mus. No.. My cabinet.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792

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