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Taxon: Genus Lucerna Swainson, 1840 (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Humphrey, 1797 ex Swainson, 1840
Unavailable original name:  [Humphrey, G.], 1797. Mus. Calonn.: 61. [rejected work].
Original name, rank & spelling:  [d'Audebard] de Férussac, [A.E.J.] [1821]. Tabl. Syst. Anim. Moll. (Limaçons): 27, 33. ("Humphrey"). [pro syn.].
Subsequent sense (excl. type):  Swainson, W. 1840. Treat. Malac.: 328 ("Humph.").
Incorrect (erroneous) authorship:  [Röding, P.F.], 1798. Mus. Bolten.: 78. [species]. ≡

Gender

Feminine Ref: D. Kadolsky, 2019. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 76: 31.

Attributes

Proposed Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: D. Kadolsky, 2019. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 76: 31. [new]

Types

Type of: Lucerninae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1840 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 102 ("Röding, 1798").
Type, by subsequent designation: Carocolla acutissima Lamarck, 1822 Ref: D. Kadolsky, 2019: 31 (Herrmannsen, 1847).
Type, by synonymy: Helix lamarckii Férussac, 1821 Ref: D. Kadolsky, 2019: 31.

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable): Lucerna nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 21 Apr 2021.
Original sense: Lucerna (Genus) Férussac, 1821, nom. rej. prop. Ref: D. Kadolsky, 2019: 28. [implicit]
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