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Taxon: Genus "Melaraphe" Adams & Adams, 1854, orth. inval. (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858(1854)), orth. null.
Unavailable original name:  Megerle von Mühlfeldt MS.
Original name & rank:  Menke, C.T. 1828. Syn. Meth. Moll.: 23. [pro syn.].
Subsequent spelling (diff. rank):  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1858(1854). Gen. Rec. Moll. 1 [10]: 314 ("Mühlfeldt"). [subgenus]. ≡

Attributes

Incorrect subsequent spelling (orth. inval.: orth. null.) [ICZN] Ref: P. Bouchet et al. 2017. Malacologia 61 (1-2): 151.

Types

Type of: Melaraphidae (Family) Starobogatov & Sitnikova, 1983 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 107.

Variants

Different spelling: Melaphehe (Genus) Sacco, 1895 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melaphra (Genus) W[eyenbergh], 1875 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melarapha (Genus) Cristofori & Jan, 1832 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melaraphis (Genus) Schaufuss, 1869 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melarapta (Genus) Simroth, 1907 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melarhophe (Genus) Hall, 1867 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melarraphe (Genus) Martens, 1897 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melarrhaphe (Genus) Martens, 1897 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Melephene (Genus) Sacco, 1895 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Correct spelling: Melarhaphe (Genus) Menke, 1828 Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2017: 151.
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