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Proserpinidae J. E. Gray, 1847
559835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559835)
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Despoenidae R. B. Newton, 1891 · unaccepted
- Genus Proserpina G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
- Genus Despoena R. B. Newton, 1891 accepted as Proserpina G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 (junior objective synonym)
- Genus Odontostoma A. d'Orbigny, 1841 accepted as Proserpina (Despoenella) H. B. Baker, 1923 represented as Proserpina G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 (a junior synonym)
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 182 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 182 [details]
original description (of Despoenidae R. B. Newton, 1891) Newton, R.B. (1891). <i>Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards collection of British Oligocene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum</i>. London, British Museum, xxviii + 365 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19997637
page(s): 255; note: Introduced as a replacement name for Proserpinidae, on the erroneous assumption that its type genus Proserpina G.B. Sowerby II, 1839, was preoccupied by Proserpinus Hübner, 1819. [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thompson, F. G. (1980). Proserpinoid land snails and their relationships within the Archaeogastropoda. <em>Malacologia.</em> 20(1): 1-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13148676 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
original description (of Despoenidae R. B. Newton, 1891) Newton, R.B. (1891). <i>Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards collection of British Oligocene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum</i>. London, British Museum, xxviii + 365 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19997637
page(s): 255; note: Introduced as a replacement name for Proserpinidae, on the erroneous assumption that its type genus Proserpina G.B. Sowerby II, 1839, was preoccupied by Proserpinus Hübner, 1819. [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thompson, F. G. (1980). Proserpinoid land snails and their relationships within the Archaeogastropoda. <em>Malacologia.</em> 20(1): 1-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13148676 [details]
