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Publication Herrmannsen (1852): summary
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Complete Citation

Herrmannsen, A.N. 1852. Supp. et Corr. Indicis Generum Malacozoorum Primordia; nomina subgenerum, generum, familiarum, tribuum, ordinum, classium; adjectis auctoribus, temporibus, locis systematicis atque literariis, etymis, synonymis 2: 1-140. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Elasmogena Herrmannsen, 1852
‘Ag.’ Herrmannsen, 1852. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 49.
(error for Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846)

Purpurina Herrmannsen, 1852
Deshayes, 1826. Nouv. Bull. Sci. 1826: 61 [as ‘Purpurine’].
Férussac, 1826. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 9: 249 [as ‘Purpurine’].
Herrmannsen, 1852. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 116.
(homonym of d’Orbigny, 1850 [Gastro.])
Type species: Anodonta purpurea Deshayes, 1826 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1852: 116) = Mutela dubia

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