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Taxon: Genus Ancistrochirus Leach, 1820 (mollusc)
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Authorship

Unavailable original name:  Leach, W.E. 1817. [MS. Brit. Mus.].
Original name, rank & spelling:  "a Friend of the Editor"[Anonymous], 1820. Ann. Phil. 16, Aug 1820: 110 ("genus ... of Dr. Leach"[W.E. Leach]). ≡
Description/Diagnosis in English:  Leach, W.E. 1820. Ann. Philos. 16, Aug 1820: 110 ("characterized by ...").

Homonyms

Junior homonym: Ancistrochirus (Genus) Hoyle, 1910, nom. illeg. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 16 Dec 2021.
Junior similar name: Ancistrocheirus (Genus) Gray, 1849 Ref: (Gray, J.E.), 1849: 49, 53. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Ancistrocheirius (Genus) Schaufuss, 1869, orth. inval. Ref: F. Paetel, 1875: 11 ("Leach."). [new]
In: Onychoteuthis (Genus) Lichtenstein, 1818 Ref: (Gray, J.E.), 1849: 53.
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