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Taxon: Genus Petricola Lamarck, 1801 (mollusc)
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Authorship

Original name Lamarck, 1801. Syst. Anim., 121.

Etymology

Latin (suff. [masc.]) -cola (gen.: -colae), inhabitant. Ref: ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.4.2 (Examples). ("Petricola="dweller among rocks"")

Gender

Feminine Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.4.2 (Examples) (orig.: costata, striata, sulcata).

Types

Type ofPetricolidae (Family) d'Orbigny, 1840 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 409. [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Petricola (Subgenus) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 409. [inferred]

Synonyms

IncludingRupellaria (Genus) Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 409.
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