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Taxon: Family "Tethyidae" Gill, 1871, orth. inval. (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  T. Gill, 1871, orth. null.
Subsequent spelling (lapsus):  Keferstein, W. 1862-1866. In H.G. Bronn, Klass. Ordn. Thier-Reichs 3 (2): 797 ("Gr."); 795 ("Tethydidae"). ≡
Subsequent spelling:  Gill, T. 1871. Smithson. Misc. Coll. (227): 16 ("= Tethyadae, Gray"). ≡
Incorrect (erroneous) authorship:  Alder & Hancock, 1855: App. (p. xxi: "Tethidæ"). ≡

Attributes

Emendation (nom. emend.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.1] Ref: T. Gill, 1871. Smithson. Misc. Coll. (227): 16. [new] [implicit]
Incorrect subsequent spelling (orth. inval.: orth. null.) [ICZN] Ref: Opinion 1182: Ruling (6)(a) (p. 175).
Name placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.7] Ref: Opinion 1182: Ruling (6)(a) (p. 175: "Rafinesque, 1815 (as "Tethydia")"). ≡

Variants

Correct spelling: Tethydidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: Opinion 1182: Ruling (4)(a) (p. 174).

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable): Tethyidae (Family) Gray, 1867 Ref: Opinion 1182. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Dimbriidae (Family) Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Synonymous name: Fimbriidae (Family) O'Donoghue, 1926, nom. illeg. Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1049.
Synonymous name: Tethymelibidae (Family) Bergh, 1890, nom. inval. Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1049.

Identifiers

Name Number (Official Index Family-Group):  484 Ref: Opinion 1182: Ruling (6)(a) (p. 175). [new]
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