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Chemnitzia elegans Piette, 1855 †
1749680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1749680)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Chemnitzia A. d'Orbigny, 1840 accepted as Turbonilla Risso, 1826
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Piette, E. (1855). Observations sur les étages inférieurs du terrain jurassique dans les départements des Ardennes et de l'Aisne. <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France.</em> ser. 2, 12(2): 1083-1122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54371217
page(s): 1092 [details]
page(s): 1092 [details]
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Chemnitzia elegans A. d'Orbigny, 1841. Later, Piette (1857) introduced Rissoa elegantula without...
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Chemnitzia elegans A. d'Orbigny, 1841. Later, Piette (1857) introduced Rissoa elegantula without stating the name change or the homonymy. Piette's (1857) is an objective synonym that takes precedence because of homonymy. [details]
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Piette, E. (1855). Observations sur les étages inférieurs du terrain jurassique dans les départements des Ardennes et de l'Aisne. <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France.</em> ser. 2, 12(2): 1083-1122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54371217
page(s): 1092 [details]
source of synonymy Fischer, J.-C. (1969). Géologie, paléontologie et paléoécologie du Bathonien au Sud-Ouest du Massif ardennais. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série C, Sciences de la Terre.</em> 20: 1-319., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58241399
page(s): 151; note: not a nomen nudum as implied by Fischer [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1092 [details]
source of synonymy Fischer, J.-C. (1969). Géologie, paléontologie et paléoécologie du Bathonien au Sud-Ouest du Massif ardennais. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série C, Sciences de la Terre.</em> 20: 1-319., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58241399
page(s): 151; note: not a nomen nudum as implied by Fischer [details] Available for editors
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Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Chemnitzia elegans A. d'Orbigny, 1841. Later, Piette (1857) introduced Rissoa elegantula without stating the name change or the homonymy. Piette's (1857) is an objective synonym that takes precedence because of homonymy. [details]
