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Taxon: Genus Proserpina Sowerby, 1839 (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
Original name:  Sowerby II, G.B. 1839. Conch. Man. [ed. 1]: 124 ("Proserpina nitida"), fig. 274. ≡
Subsequent publication:  Sowerby II, G.B. 1842. Conch. Man. (ed. 2): 237 ("Gray? Fig. 274"). ≡

Types

Type of: Proserpinidae (Family) Gray, 1847 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 142.
Type of: Proserpininae (Subfamily) Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 142. [implicit]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Proserpina (Subgenus) Sowerby, 1839 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 50. [inferred]
Type, by monotypy: Proserpina nitida J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2017: 201 ("M").

Variants

Different spelling: Preserpina (Genus) Guppy, 1895 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Homonyms

Junior homonym: Proserpina (Genus) Gray, 1840, nom. nud. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Senior homonym (supposed): Proserpinus (Genus) Hübner, 1819 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 142.
Senior similar name: Proserpinus (Genus) Hübner, 1819 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Replacement name: Despoena (Genus) Newton, 1891, nom. illeg. Ref: Newton, 1891. Syst. List Brit. Olig. Eoc. Moll. Brit. Mus.: 255 (footnote *). [new]
Junior objective synonym: Despoena (Genus) Newton, 1891, nom. illeg.
Junior subjective synonym: Odontostoma (Genus) d'Orbigny, 1842, nom. illeg. Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 142 (Gray, 1847b: 182).
Junior subjective synonym: Proserpina (Genus) Gray, 1840, nom. nud. Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 142. [inferred]
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