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Taxon: Genus "Proserpina" Gray, 1840, nom. nud. (mollusc)
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Original name, rank & spelling Gray, J.E. 1840. Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42): 125, 149.
Description/Diagnosis in English Gray, J.E. 1840. Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42): 125 ("The true Helices, Helicodonta, &c., have the peristoma of the shell thickened, while the Helicophanta, Epistylium, and Proserpina have it thin and sharp.").
Subsequent publication Gray, J.E. 1840. Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42 [revised]): 129, 153.
Subsequent publication Gray, J.E. 1841. Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. (ed. 43): 102, 127.
Subsequent publication Gray, J.E. 1842. Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. (ed. 44): 68, 90.
Subsequent publication Gray, J.E. 1844. Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus. (ed. 46): 30 ("The Proserpina, which has the cavity of the shell furnished with large continuous folds.").
Subsequent publication Gray, J.E. 1847c. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15 (178): 182 (no. 534: "Gray, 1840").

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: "nom. praeocc.") [ICZN] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]. Nomencl. Zool.: [19 Dec 2008] ("non Sowerby 1839").
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G] Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 142.

Types

Type ofProserpinidae (Family) Gray, 1847 Ref: J.E. Gray, 1847c: 182. [new]
Type, by subsequent designationProserpina linguifera (Jonas, 1839) Ref: J.E. Gray, 1847c: 182. [new]

Variants

Subsequent spellingProcerpena (Genus) Gray, 1840, orth. inval. Ref: J.E. Gray, 1847c: 182.
Incorrect spellingProcerpena (Genus) Gray, 1840, orth. inval. Ref: J.E. Gray, 1847c: 182.

Homonyms

Senior homonymProserpina (Genus) Sowerby, 1839 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Junior objective synonymOdontostoma (Genus) d'Orbigny, 1842, nom. illeg. Ref: J.E. Gray, 1847c: 182.
Senior subjective synonymProserpina (Genus) Sowerby, 1839 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 142. [inferred]
Synonymous name (objective)Odontostoma (Genus) d'Orbigny, 1842, nom. illeg. Ref: J.E. Gray, 1847c: 182.
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