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Taxon: Genus Microcystis Beck, 1837 (mollusc)
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Authorship

Original name:  Beck, 1837. Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred., (1), 2 & "sp. nov., " 2.

Types

Type of: Microcystinae (Subfamily) Thiele, 1931 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 109.
Type of: Microcystini (Tribe) Thiele, 1931 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 109. [implicit]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Microcystis (Subgenus) Beck, 1837 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 293. [inferred]

Variants

Different spelling: Mycrocystis (Genus) Arango, 1865 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Homonyms

Senior homonym (allowed): Microcystis (Genus) Kütz. (1833), nom. rej. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<3 May 2021].
Junior homonym (allowed): Microcystis (Genus) Lemmerm. (1907), nom. cons. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<3 May 2021].
Junior homonym (allowed): Microcystis (Genus) Kützing ex Lemmermann 1907 nom. cons. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 10 Jan 2026.
Junior homonym (unavailable): Microcystis (Genus) Lemmermann 1907 nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 20 Aug 2021.
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