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Publication Agassiz (1846): attributed nominal genera
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis.... 393 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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)

Amesodon Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 17.
(new name for Ameroda Rafinesque, 1820; new name for Amesoda Rafinesque, 1820)

Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 22.
(new name for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; new name for Alasmodon Thompson, 1820)

Barbata Sowerby, 1839
‘Humphrey’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)

Baryosta Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 44.
(new name for Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831)

Brachyodontes Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: ??.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 799.
(error for Brachidontes Swainson, 1840)

Corneicyclas Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 100.
(error for Corneocyclas Blainville, 1818)

Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 135.
(new name for Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831)

Elliptis Agassiz, 1845
‘Rafinesque’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 33.
‘Rafin.’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 136.
(error for Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)

Haplodon Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 172.
(new name for Rafinesque, 1819 [Gastrop.])

Limnadea Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 210.
(new name for Lymnadia Sowerby, 1839)

Limnium Agassiz, 1846
‘Oken’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 211.
‘Oken’ Stabile, 1859. Atti soc. geol. Milano 1: 170.
‘Oken’ Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 120.
(error for Lymnium Oken, 1815)

Luticola Agassiz, 1845
‘Goldfuss’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 51.
‘Goldfuss’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 217.
(intro'd as syn. of Unio Retzius, 1788)

Monelasmus Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 237.
(new name for Lasmonos Rafinesque, 1831)

Myisca Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 242.
(new name for Mysca Turton, 1822)

Nilotica Agassiz, 1845
‘(Sow.)’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 58. [nomen nudum]
‘(Sow.)’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 249.
(intro'd as syn. of Iridina Lamarck, 1819)

Pachyodon Agassiz, 1846
‘Stutchb.’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 270.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 434.
(error for Paxyodon Schumacher, 1817)

Phacoides Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: ??.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lucina Bruguière, 1797)

Platyiris Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 295.
(new name for Platiris Lea, 1838)

Pliodon Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 299.
(new name for Pleiodon Conrad, 1834)

Potamida Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 306.
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 329.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 816 [1245].
(homonym of Brongniart, 1810 [Gastro.]; new name for Potomida Swainson, 1840)

Syntoxia Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 359.
(new name for Sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820)

Thelyderma Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 368.
(new name for Theliderma Swainson, 1840)

Toxelasma Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 373.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 835 [1271].
(new name for Toxolasma Rafinesque, 1831)

 
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