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Publication Leach (1814): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Leach, W.E. 1814. Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals 1. 144 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dipsas Leach, 1814
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 119.
(homonym of Laurenti, 1768 [Rept.]; renamed Dipsax Cuvier, 1834; renamed Cleone Gistl, 1848)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (original designation) = Cristaria plicata

Margarita Leach, 1814
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 107.
Type species: Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814 = Pinctada margaritifera

Attributed Nominal Species

Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 120, pl. 53.

Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 107.

Taxonomic Opinions

Dipsas plicatus = Cristaria plicata

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