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Publication Sowerby (1825): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1825. Abstract of a notice relating to the Ætheriæ found in the Nile by M. Caillaud; by M. De Ferussac; together with a description of a new species of Ætheria. Zoological Journal 1: 518-523. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aetheria Oken, 1818
Oken, 1818. Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827. unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)

Attributed Nominal Species

Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MCZ_72888, Blue Nile, Egypt.

Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 523, pl. 19.

Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807)

Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHG_XXXX, Madagascar.

Taxonomic Opinions

Ætheria [sic] cailliaudi (Ferussac) = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria [sic] lamarckii (Ferussac) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807

Ætheria [sic] plumbea (Ferussac) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807

Ætheria [sic] tubifera = Etheria elliptica

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