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Publication Gray (1840): summary
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Complete Citation

Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum 42nd ed.. 370 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Agaria Gray, 1847
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 194.

Bankia Gray, 1842
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1842. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 76.

Barbatia Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: ??.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)

Damaris Swainson, 1823
‘Leach’ Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160.
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 321.
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Geloina Gray, 1842
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 149. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1842. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 75.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
Type species: Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847) = Geloina erosa

Heterodon Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]

Leila Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197.
Type species: Iridina esula d’Orbigny, 1835 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 197) = Leila esula

Monocondyla Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Pharus Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: ??.

Velorita Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 149.
Gray, 1842. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 75.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
(error for Villorita Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

 
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