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Taxon: Genus Penicillus Bruguière, 1789, nom. illeg. (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Bruguière, 1789, nom. praeocc.
Original name:  Bruguière, J.G. 1789. Ency. Méth. (Vers) (1): xv, 126.

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: MolluscaBase, 2015-present: [23 Jan 2022] ("junior homonym of Penicillus Guettard, 1770"). ≡

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Penicillus (Subgenus) Bruguière, 1789, nom. illeg. Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 419. [inferred]

Variants

Former rank: Penicillus (Subgenus) Bruguière, 1789, nom. illeg.

Homonyms

Junior homonym (allowed): Penicillus (Genus) J.B. de Lam. (1813) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<23 Jan 2022].
Junior homonym: Penicillus (Genus) Kumar & Hameed, 1993, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]

Synonyms

Synonymous name (objective): Arytene (Genus) Oken, 1815, nom. illeg. Ref: L.R. Cox et al., 1969: N859.
Synonymous name (objective): Arytene (Genus) Oken, 1815, nom. illeg. Ref: H.E. Vokes, 1967: 340.
Synonymous name (subjective): Brechites (Genus) Guettard, 1770 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 419.
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