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Despoenidae Newton, 1891 [22 August]
Reference: Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards
collection of British Oligocène and Eocene
Mollusca in the British Museum {Natural History):
255
Type genus: Despoena Newton, 1891
Remarks: Introduced as a replacement name
for Proserpinidae, on the erroneous assumption
that its type genus Proserpina G.B. Sowerby
11,1 839, was preoccupied by Proserpinus
Hübner, 1819.
DiALiDAEKay, 1979
Reference: Hawaiian marine shells: 114
Type genus: D/'a/a A. Adams, 1861
Remarks: Under Art. 13.2.1, not available from
Ludbrook (1941: 92), who established Dialidae
without a diagnosis; "Dialidae Ludbrook,
1941", was rejected under Art. 13b of the '"^
edition of the Code by Ponder & de Keyzer
(1992: 1019). Kay did not declare Dialidae
new, nor cited an author, but provided a short
description that satisfies Art. 1 3 of the Code.
DiAPHANiDAE Odhner, 1914 [22 May] (1857)
Reference: ArkivförZoologi, 8(25): 15
Type genus: Diaphana T Brown, 1827
Remarks: -oidea [as -acea], Taylor & Sohl
(1962: 11); -inae, Waren (1989: 20). When
he established Diaphanidae, Odhner did not
cite Amphisphyridae; however, Amphisphyra
and Diaphana are synonyms, and Diaphanidae
is conserved under Art. 40.2, with
the precedence of Amphisphyridae.
DiASTOMATiDAE Cossmann, 1894 [28 July]
Reference: Journal de Conchyliologie, 41(4):
322
Type genus: -[Diastoma Deshayes, 1850
Remarks: Original spelling Diastomidae.
DiATRiiDAE Simroth, 1885 [18 August]
Reference: Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche
Zoologie, 42(2): 290
Remarks: Not available: not based on a ge-
nus.
DiAULULiNAE Bergh, 1891 [October]
Reference: Zoologische Jahrbücher Abt. für
Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der
Thiere,6: 132
Type genus: Diaulula Bergh, 1878
Remarks: Established as subfamily of "Dorididae
cryptobranchiatae" despite suffix -idae.
Discodorididae given precedence over Diaululinae
by First Reviser's action by Valdés
(2002: 630).
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DicERATABIainville, 1816
Reference: Bulletin des Sciences par la Société
Philomatique de Paris, Zoologie,
(1816): 52
Remarks: Original spelling "les Dicères" (ver-
nacular). Latinized by Blainville (1825: 487).
Taxon containing the genera Scyllaea, Tri-
tonia and Thethys [sic]. Established as a family
and not available as such (not based on
a genus).
Dicera(e) Menke, 1828
Reference: Synopsis methodica molluscorum:
19
Remarks: Established as a division of the fam-
ily "Heliceae", containing the genera Vertigo
and Partula. Not available as a family-group
name (not based on a genus).
DiCHOSTASiiNAE Yochelson, 1956 [18 June]
Reference: Bulletin of the American Museum
of Natural History, 110(3): 208
Type genus: tD'c/?ostes/a Yochelson, 1956
Remarks: Original spelling Dichostasinae.
DicRisTiDAE Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 [18
December]
Reference: Malacologia, 15(1): 210
Type genus: Dicrista F. G. Thompson, 1969
DicROLOMATiDAE Korotkov, 1992 [after 10 August]
Reference: Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal,
1992(3): 98
Type genus: -\Dicroloma Gabb, 1868
Remarks: Original spelling Dicrolomidae.
DiMORPHOPTYCHiiNAE Wonz, 1938 [March]
Reference: Handbuch derPalaozoologie, 6(1 ):
53-54
Type genus: -\Dimorphoptychia Sandberger,
1871
Remarks: -inae, Wenz (October 1938 [in
1938-1944]: 435).
DioDORiNAE Odhner, 1932
Reference: Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft,
67: 308
Type genus: Diodora Gray, 1821
Remarks: -ini, McLean (1984: 22).
DiozoPTYxiNAE Pchelintsev, 1 960 [after 29 June]
Reference: [in Pchelintsev & Korobkov, eds.]
Osnovy paleóntologa, molliuski, briukhonogie:
121
Type genus: tD/bzopfyx/s Cossmann, 1896
Remarks: Original spelling Diozoptyxisinae.
-idae, Pchelintsev (1965: 84).