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Burdikinia Knight, 1937 †
1797684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1797684)
accepted
Genus
Polyamma burdekinensis Etheridge, 1917 † accepted as Burdikinia burdekinensis (Etheridge, 1917) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Polyamma Etheridge, 1917 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Polyamma...)
junior homonym of Polyamma Kriechbaumer, 1894; Burdikinia is a replacement name
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Knight, J. B. (1937). Genotype designations and new names for invalid homonyms among Paleozoic gastropod genera. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11(8): 709-714.
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page(s): 711 [details] Available for editors

Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Polyamma Etheridge, 1917, non Kriechbaumer, 1894
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Polyamma Etheridge, 1917, non Kriechbaumer, 1894 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Burdikinia Knight, 1937 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1797684 on 2025-04-18
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original description
Knight, J. B. (1937). Genotype designations and new names for invalid homonyms among Paleozoic gastropod genera. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11(8): 709-714.
page(s): 711 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Polyamma Etheridge, 1917 †) Etheridge, E., Jr. (1917). Descriptions of some Queensland Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils. 3. A remarkable univalve from the Devonian limestone, Burdekin. <em>Geological Survey of Queensland Publication.</em> 260: 13-16.
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source Cook, A. G.; Pan, H.-Z. (2004). Middle Devonian gastropods from Xiangzhou and Wuxuan, Guangxi, South China. <em>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 28(2): 413-429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510408619291 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cook, A. G. (1997). A review of fossil gastropods <i>Burdikinia</i> Knight 1937 and <i>Amphelissa</i> Etheridge 1921. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 42(1): 51-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092618 [details]
page(s): 711 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Polyamma Etheridge, 1917 †) Etheridge, E., Jr. (1917). Descriptions of some Queensland Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils. 3. A remarkable univalve from the Devonian limestone, Burdekin. <em>Geological Survey of Queensland Publication.</em> 260: 13-16.
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source Cook, A. G.; Pan, H.-Z. (2004). Middle Devonian gastropods from Xiangzhou and Wuxuan, Guangxi, South China. <em>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 28(2): 413-429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510408619291 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cook, A. G. (1997). A review of fossil gastropods <i>Burdikinia</i> Knight 1937 and <i>Amphelissa</i> Etheridge 1921. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 42(1): 51-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092618 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Polyamma Etheridge, 1917, non Kriechbaumer, 1894 [details]