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Remarks: Established as a "sub-tribe" [above
family level] containing the families Aeolidiidae,
Glaucidae, Fionidae, Heroidae, Dotonidae,
and Myrrhinidae. Treated by Thiele (1931 [in
1929-1935]: 441) as a "Stirps" [= superfami-
ly] Aeolidiacea with broader contents.
AEROPNEusTASalvini-Plawen, 1991 [7 June]
Reference: Malacologia, 32(2): 309
Remarks: Unranked taxon containing Gymnomorpha
and Pulmonata.
Agama Latreille, 1824 [November]
Reference: Annales des Sciences Naturelles,
3: table between pp. 334-335
Remarks: Introduced as the vernacular "section
Agames". Latinized by Latreille (1825: 199).
Taxon containing a mixture of gastropod, polyplacophoran,
bivalve, and brachiopod taxa.
Aglossa p. Fischer, 1883 [20 December]
Reference: Manuel de conchyliologie et de
paléontologie conchyliologique, (5): 519,
529, 532, 544, 551 ; (6): 585, 597
Remarks: Name used by Fischer to designate
seven unrelated taxa of gastropods without
a radula.
AcNATHAMörch, 1859
Reference: Malakozoologische Blätter, 6: 109
Remarks: Established as a family containing
Oleacina and Testacella. Used by P. Fischer
(1883 [in 1880-1887]: 447) as the name of
a taxon above the family group containing
the family Testacellidae; by Hutton (1884:
1 88) as a taxon containing Streptaxidae and
Testacellidae; by Tryon (1885: 6) as a taxon
containing Testacellidae, Oleacinidae,
Streptaxidae, and Helicoidea.
Agnatha p. Fischer, 1883 [20 December]
Reference: Manuel de conchyliologie et de
paléontologie conchyliologique, (6): 533
Remarks: Established as a taxon of unspecified
rank containing the family Hermaeidae.
Agnathomorpha Pilsbry, 1900 [10 November]
Reference: Proceedings of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 52: 563
Remarks: Established as a superfamily con-
taining the families Glandinidae, Rhytididae,
Streptaxidae, and Circinariidae.
AiLLYiDA Minichev & Slavoshevskaja, 1971
Reference: Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 50(3): 359
Remarks: Established as an order containing
the family Aillyidae.
NOMENCLÁTOR OF GASTROPOD FAMILIES 189
AioLOBRANCHiATA H. Adams & A. Adams, 1 854
[November]
Reference: The genera of Recent Mollusca,
2:62
Remarks: Established as a suborder containing
the families Tritoniidae, Proctonotidae,
Dotidae, Aeolidiidae, Hermaeidae, Elysiidae,
and Limapontiidae.
Alata N.Wagner, 1885
Reference: Die Wirbellosen des Weissen
Meeres: 118, 120
Remarks: Established as an order of Pteropoda
containg the genera Cymbulia and Tiedemannia.
Allogastropoda Haszprunar, 1985
Reference: Zeitschrift für Zoologisches Systematik
und Evolutionsforschung, 23(1 ): 25
Remarks: Established as a superorder con-
taining the superfamilies Nerinoidea, Architectonicoidea,
and Pyramidelloidea.
Amberleyata Pchelintsev, 1963
Reference: Briukhonogie Mezozoia Gornogo
Kryma.4^
Remarks: Established as an order containing
the superfamilies Amberleyoidea and Tro-
choidea.
Amphibiae Menke, 1828
Reference: Synopsis methodica molluscorum:
19
Remarks: Established as a suborder contain-
ing the family Auriculidae.
Amphibolacea Van Mol, 1967
Reference: Académie Royale de Belgique,
Classe des Sciences, Mémoires, 37(5): 11
Remarks: Established as a suborder of -
sommatophora containing the family Amphibolidae
only. Spelling and rank emended
to order Amphibolida [name credited to Gray,
1840; see family list] by Starobogatov
(1970b: 46); to superorder Amphiboliformii
and order Amphiboliformes [names credited
to Starobogatov, 1 970] by Amitrov (1 984:
39).
Amphigastropoda Simroth, 1906
Reference: DrH. G. Bronns Klassen und Ordnungen
des Tier-Reichs, Bd. 3, Abt. 2, Buch
1:839
Remarks: Also published in Simroth (1 906: 8).
Established as a class containing the family
Bellerophontidae only. See also Galerocon-
cha.