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genus Chelidonopsis Ancey, 1887: synonymy

Synonymy

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 3.
(homonym of A. Adams, 1850 [Gastro.]; renamed Chelidonopsis Ancey, 1887)
Type species: Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 (orig. desig.) = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Ancey, 1887. Conch. Exchange 2: 22.
(new name for Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886)
Type species: Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 = Chelidonopsis hirundo

‘Rochebrune’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 906 [corrected on the errata sheet].
Germain, 1908. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 160, footnote.
(error for Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886)
Type species: Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 = Chelidonopsis hirundo

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Chelidonopsis, since 1900.

Chelidonopsis — Simpson (1900), Germain (1908), Simpson (1914), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mutela (sec. Chelidonopsis) — Thiele (1934)
Mutela — Mandahl-Barth (1988)

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