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Allostrophiinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987
[after 23 October]
Reference: Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po
izucheniiu molliuskov, 8: 27
Type genus: ^Aliostrophia Kitt!, 1894
Alopiinae a. J. Wagner, 1913 [July]
Reference: Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser
Mollusken, new ser., 21:5
Type genus: Alopia H. Adams & A. Adams,
1855
Remarks: -ini [as -eae], H. Nordsieck (1969:
255).
Alvaniinae F. Nordsieck, 1972 [October]
Reference: Die Europäischen Meeresschnecken:
178
Type genus: Alvania Risso, 1826
Remarks: Established in the same year as
Alvaniidae by Golikov & Starobogatov (1 972:
95). Precedence of authorship uncertain,
-oidea, and family again declared nov., by
Golikov & Starobogatov (1 975: 211).
Alycaeinae W. Blanford, 1864 [June]
Reference: Annals and Magazine of Natural
History, ser. 3, 13:465
Type genus: /A/ycaeusBaird, 1850
Remarks: -idae, Kobelt & Möllendorff (1897
[in 1897-1899]: 146).
Amaltheidae Dall, 1889 [June]
Reference: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology, 18: 26, 289
Type genus: Amalthea Schumacher, 1817
Remarks: -oidea [as -acea], Thiele (1925: 87).
Homonym of Amaltheidae Hyatt, 1867
[based on Amaltheus Montfort, 1808 (Cephalopoda)]
placed on the Official List by Opinion
575 (1 959: 1 34-1 37). Invalid: type genus
a junior homonym of Amalthea Rafinesque,
1815[Hymenoptera].
Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910 [23 March]
Reference: Manual of Conchology, ser. 2,
20(80): viii
Type genus: Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams,
1855
Remarks: -inae, Hyatt & Pilsbry (1911 [in
1910-1911]: XX).
Amathinidae Ponder, 1987
Reference: Asian Marine Biology, 4: 29
Type genus: Amathina Gray, 1842
Amaurellinidae Eames, 1952 [2 January]
Reference: Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London, ser. , 236: 79
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Type genus: -tAmaurellina Bayle [in P. Fischer],
1885
Remarks: Not available: introduced in synonymy
of Ampullospiridae and apparently not
used as a valid name before 1960.
Amberleyidae Wenz, 1938 [October]
Reference: Handbuch derf^aläozoologie, 6(1 ):
262
Type genus: -\Amberleya Morris & Lycett, 1851
Remarks: -oidea [as -acea]. Cox (in Moore,
1960: 302), and Vostokova & Pchelintsev (in
Pchelintsev & Korobkov, 1960: 93); -inae,
McLean (1 981 : 335); -ini, McLean (1 982: 1 1 ).
Amecanautini D. W. Taylor, 2003 [March]
Reference: Revista de Biología Tropical, 51,
Suppl. 1:72
Type genus: Amecanauta D. W. Taylor, 2003
Ameriannini Zilch, 1 959 [1 7 July]
Reference: Handbuch derPaläozoologie, 6(2):
106
Type genus: Amehanna Strand, 1928
Remarks: Original spelling Amerianneae.
Name only, no diagnosis, -inae [as Ameriannae].
Franc (1968b: 531 ).
Ammonitellinae Pilsbry, 1930 [13 December]
Reference: Proceedings of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 82: 303
Type genus: Ammonitella Cooper, 1869
Remarks: -idae, Pilsbry (1939 [in 1939-1948]:
411).
Amnicolidae Tryon, 1863 [before 12 January]
Reference: Proceedings of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14: 452
Type genus: Amnícola Gould & Haldeman,
1840
Remarks: Kabat & Hershler (1993: 6), listed
"Amnicolae Martens, 1858" (p. 192) as a
family-group name. However, Martens treated
Amnícola as a section of Hydrobia, and
"Amnicolae" is a plural. Placed on the Offi-
cial List by Opinion 1108 (1978: 94). -inae.
Gill (1863: 34); -ini [as -eae], Thiele (1928a:
379).
Amoriinae Gray, 1857 [9 May]
Reference: Guide to the systematic distribu-
tion of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part
/:35
Type genus: Amoria Gray, 1855
Remarks: Original spelling Amoriana. -ini [as
-ides], Pilsbry & Olsson (1954: 18 [288]).
Amoriinae declared again nov. by Darragh
(1989:224).