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Monotypic taxon: Genus Glaucus Forster, 1777 (mollusc)
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Authorship

Original name, rank & spelling Forster, G. 1777. Voy. World 1: 49 ("glaucus atlanticus").
Subsequent publication Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. (ed. 13) (1): 6, 3025.
Subsequent publication Forster, 1800. In Blumenbach, Abh. nat. Gegen. (no. 48).

Attributes

Available name: combined description of genus and species [ICZN, 1999: Art. 12.2.6 (<1931)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 11 Apr 2021.
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]. Nomencl. Zool.: [19 Dec 2008] ("[n.n.]"). [false].

Types

Type ofGlaucidae (Family) Gray, 1827, nom. protect. Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 81.
Type ofGlaucinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1827 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 81. [implicit]
Type, by monotypyGlaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777

Synonyms

Junior objective synonymPleuropus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815, nom. illeg. Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 135; 81. [new]
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