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Vibex Gray, 1847
1308691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308691)
unaccepted (Vibex Gray has consistently been treated as invalid and its junior objective synonym Pachymelania is in current use.)
Genus
Nerita aurita O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Pachymelania aurita (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by original designation)
- Subgenus Vibex (Doryssa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Doryssa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original combination)
- Subgenus Vibex (Juga) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Juga H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original combination)
- Subgenus Vibex (Tarebia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Tarebia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
recent only
masculine
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 153 [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
Nomenclature Not available (nomen nudum) from Gray, 1840 [Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, first printing: 147; ...
Nomenclature Not available (nomen nudum) from Gray, 1840 [Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, first printing: 147; 1842, ed. 44: 60]. Not made invalid by Vibex Rafinesque, 1815 [Muricidae], which is a nomen nudum; nor by Vibex Oken, 1815 [Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, 3(1): 258, 260], which was published in a work placed on the Official Index. However, Vibex Gray has consistently been treated as invalid and its junior objective synonym Pachymelania is in current use. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Vibex Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308691 on 2025-04-04
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Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 153 [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Not available (nomen nudum) from Gray, 1840 [Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, first printing: 147; 1842, ed. 44: 60]. Not made invalid by Vibex Rafinesque, 1815 [Muricidae], which is a nomen nudum; nor by Vibex Oken, 1815 [Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, 3(1): 258, 260], which was published in a work placed on the Official Index. However, Vibex Gray has consistently been treated as invalid and its junior objective synonym Pachymelania is in current use. [details]
