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Lignus Gray, 1834
995605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995605)
accepted
Genus
Lignus tenuis J. E. Gray, 1834 accepted as Lignus alabaster (Rang, 1831) (type by monotypy)
Achatina (Perideris) Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Perideris Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (primary homonym of Perideris...)
primary homonym of Perideris Brandt, 1835 [Echinodermata].
Pseudotrochus Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted
- Species Lignus alabaster (Rang, 1831)
- Species Lignus batesi (Preston, 1909)
- Species Lignus belli (Germain, 1908)
- Species Lignus cailleanus (Morelet, 1848)
- Species Lignus efulenensis (Preston, 1909)
- Species Lignus flammigerus (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Species Lignus interstinctus (A. Gould, 1843)
- Species Lignus mucidus (A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Lignus solimanus (Morelet, 1848)
- Species Lignus verdieri (Chaper, 1885)
- Species Lignus zegzeg (Morelet, 1848)
- Species Lignus tenuis J. E. Gray, 1834 accepted as Lignus alabaster (Rang, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lignus lechatelieri (Dautzenberg, 1893) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Lignus turbinatus (I. Lea, 1841) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Gray, J. E. (1834). [Exhibition of an extensive series of land and freshwater shells regarded as hitherto undescribed]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1834) 2: 63-68., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859659
page(s): 66. [details]
page(s): 66. [details]
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1834). [Exhibition of an extensive series of land and freshwater shells regarded as hitherto undescribed]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1834) 2: 63-68., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859659
page(s): 66. [details]
original description (of Pseudotrochus Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 1:21. [details]
original description (of Perideris Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. <em>Notitiae Malacologicae.</em> 1: 1-90, pls 1-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11061266
page(s): 76. [details]
page(s): 66. [details]
original description (of Pseudotrochus Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 1:21. [details]
original description (of Perideris Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. <em>Notitiae Malacologicae.</em> 1: 1-90, pls 1-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11061266
page(s): 76. [details]
