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Publication Lamarck (1819): summary
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Complete Citation

Lamarck. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres 6. 343 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodonta Lamarck, 1799
Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: ??.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 87.
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 83.
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Anodonta cygnea

Castalia Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 66.
Type species: Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Castalia ambigua

Etheria Lamarck, 1807
Lamarck, 1807. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 400.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 98.
(renamed Aetheria Oken, 1818)
Type species: Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 193) = Etheria elliptica

Hyria Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 81.
Type species: Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819 (subsequent designation) = Prisodon obliquus

Iridina Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 88.
(renamed Eufira Gistl, 1848)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 59 available nominal species attributed to this publication (76 total).
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