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Publication Schumacher (1817): attributed nominal genera
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. 288 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Antigona Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 51, 154.

Arctica Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 48, 145.

Cristaria Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 38, 107.
Type species: Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Cultellus Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 43, 150.

Ensis Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 143.

Gari Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 44, 131.

Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 155.
Type species: Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 (monotypy) = Iphigenia laevigata

Latona Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 156.

Leda Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: ??.
Type species: Arca rostrata Bruguière, 1789 = Nuculana pernula

Margaritana Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 41, 123.
Type species: Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 135.

Paxyodon Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139.
Type species: Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Periploma Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 40, 115.

Prisodon Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139.
Type species: Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 (subsequent designation) = Prisodon obliquus

Semele Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 53, 165.

 
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