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Publication Gray (1853): summary
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Complete Citation

Gray, J.E. 1853. A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (2nd series): 33-44. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Batissa Gray, 1853
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 38.
Type species: Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842 (sub. desig. by Stoliczka, 1871) = Batissa tenebrosa

Fulvia Gray, 1853
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 40.

Pisum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Mag. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin 5: 57.
‘Mergle’ Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 39.
Bourguignat, 1854. Rev. Mag. Zool. 6(2): 166.
(homonym of Megerle, 1811 [Brach.])

Tresus Gray, 1853
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: ??.

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