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Taxon: Genus Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 (crustacean)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 667.

Etymology

Greek (subst. fem.) λεπάς ‎[lepás] (gen.: λεπάδος), limpet. Ref: ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.2 (Examples).

Gender

Feminine Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.2 (Examples).

Types

Type ofLepadidae (Family) Darwin, 1852
Type ofLepadomorpha (Suborder) Pilsbry, 1916

Variants

Unavailable nameLepas (Genus) nom. inval.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameeendenmossels
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