GENERIC NAMES 



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Mellivora Storr, 1780, Prodr. Meth. Mamm. : 34, Tab. A 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by designation by Sclater, 

 1900 (Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. 1 : 109) : Viverra ratel 

 Span-man, 1777, K. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm 38 

 : 147) (Mammalia) 0. 384 



Melursus Meyer, 1793, Syst.-summ. Uebers. neuest zoo/. 

 Entdeck. Neuholland u. Afrika : 155 (gender : masculine) 

 (type species, by monotypy : Melursus lybius Meyer, 1793, 

 Syst.-summ. Uebers. neuest zoo/. Entdeck. Neuholland u. 

 Afrika : 156) (Mammalia) 0. 384 



Melusina Stal, 1867, Ofvers. K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. For- 

 handl. 24 : 552 (suppressed under the plenary powers for 

 the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of 

 the Principle of Homonymy) 0. 678 



Melybia Stimpson, [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. 2 (No. 2) 

 : 144 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : 

 Melybia thalamita Stimpson, [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. 

 1 (No. 2) : 144) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 85, Direction 37 



Menopon Nitzsch, 1818, Mag. Entomol. (Germar) 3 : 299 

 (gender : neuter) (type species, by designation by Johnston 

 & Harrison, 1911 (Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 36 : 327) : 

 Pediculus gallinae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 

 613, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Clay & 

 Hopkins, 1950 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (not. Hist.) Entomol. 1 : 

 262, fig. 56)) (Insecta, Mallophaga) 0. 628 



Menopum Neumann, 1906, Bull. zoo/. Soc. France 20 : 59 (an 

 incorrect subsequent spelling for Menopon Nitzsch, 1818) 

 0.628 



Merguia Kemp, 1914, Rec. Indian Mus. 10 : 121 (gender : 

 feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Hippolyte oligodon 

 de Man, 1888, J. linn. Soc. London (Zool.) 22 : 277) 

 (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 470 



Merhippolyte Bate, 1888, Rep. Voy. 'Challenger' (Zool.) 24 : 

 577, 618 (gender : feminine) (type species, by original 

 designation : Merhippolyte agulhasensis Bate, 1888, Rep. 

 Voy. 'Challenger' (Zool.) 24 : 619) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 

 0.470 



Merocryptus Milne Edwards, 1873, J. Mus. Godeffroy \ (No. 

 4) : 84 (gender : masculine) (type species, by monotypy : 

 Merocryptus lambriformis Milne Edwards, 1873, J. Mus. 

 Godeffroy 1 (No. 4) : 85) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 73 



Merolepis Rafinesque, 1810, Maggio, Ind. ittiol. Sicil. : 25 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Spams 



tmassiliensis Lacepede, 1802, in Buffon, Hist. not. Poissons 

 (nouvelle edition) 4 : 33, 108) (Osteichthyes) 0. 960 



Merope Newman, 1838, Entomol. Mag. 5 (2) : 180 (gender : 

 feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Merope tuber 

 Newman, 1838, Entomol. Mag. 5 (2) : 180) (Insecta, Mecop- 

 tera) Direction 4 



Merops Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 117 (gender : 

 masculine) (type species, by Linnean tautonymy : Merops 

 apiaster Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 1 17) (Aves) 

 Direction 4 



Merria Gray, 1839 (?), in Beechey, Zool. Blossom : 137 (a 

 junior objective synonym of Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 

 1832) 0. 1009 



Merrya Recluz, 1846 ['1845'], Mag. Zool. (2) 7 (9) : 7 (an 

 unjustified emendation of Merria Gray, 1839 (?)) 0. 1009 



Mesapus Rafinesque, 1814, Precis D'ecouv. Trav. somiolog. : 

 22 (suppressed under the plenary powers for the purposes of 

 the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of 

 Homonymy) 0. 522 



Mesidotea Richardson, 1905, Bull. U.S. not. Mus. 54 : 347 (a 

 junior objective synonym of Saduria Adams, 1852) 0. 643 



Mesidothea Stephensen, 1913, Medd. om Gronl. 22 : 235 (an 

 incorrect subsequent spelling for Mesidotea Richardson, 

 1905) 0. 643 



Mesodesma Deshayes, [1832], Ency. meth. (Vers) 2 (2) : 441 

 (gender : neuter) (type species, by designation by Anton, 

 [1838] (Verz. Conch. Samml. Anton : 3) : Mactra donacia 

 Lamarck, 1818, Hist. not. Anim. sans Vert. 5 : 479) 

 (Bivalvia)O. 1141 



Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1 932, Nebraska geol. Surv. Bull. 



(2) 5 : 159-168, pi. 20, figs. 1-17, 23-32 (gender : masculine) 

 (type species, by original designation : Chonetes mesolobus 

 Norwood & Pratten, 1854, /. Acad. not. Sci. Philadelphia 

 3 : 27, pi. 2, figs. 7a-c) (Brachiopoda) 0. 797 



Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850, Ann. Sci. not.. Paris Zool. (3) 14 : 

 16 (gender : masculine) (type species, by original designation 

 : Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817) (Mammalia) 0. 

 1289 



Mesopodopsis Czerniavsky, 1882, TruduiSt. Petersburg Obsh- 

 chest. Estest. 12 (2) : 145, 148 (gender : feminine) (type 

 species, by monotypy, through Macropsis Sars, 1876 : 

 Podopsis slabber! Van Beneden, 1861, Mem. Acad. roy. 

 Belg., Cl. Sci. 33 : 18, pi. 7) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 603 



Metacalycoceras Spath, 1926, Geol. Mag. 63 : 81 (a junior 

 objective synonym of Calycoceras Hyatt, 1900) 0. 557 



Metacrinus Carpenter, 1882, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. 10 : 167 

 (gender : masculine) (type species, by designation by Clark, 

 1908 (Proc. U.S. not. Mus. 34 : 527) : Metacrinus wyvillei 

 (correction of wyvillii) Carpenter, 1 884, Rep. Voy. 'Chal- 

 lenger' (Zool.) 11 (32) : 358) (Crinoidea) 0. 73, Direction 

 72 



Metalia Gray, 1855, Cat. rec. Echin. B.M. (1) Echin. Irreg. : 51 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Spatangus 

 sternalis Lamarck, 1816, Hist. not. Anim. sans Vert. 3:31) 

 (Echinoidea) 0. 608 



Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris 140 : 981 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by original designation : 

 Metapenaeopsis pubescens Bouvier, 1905, C.R. Acad. Sci., 

 Paris 140 : 981, a junior secondary homonym of Penaeus 

 pubescens Stimpson, 1871, replaced by Penaeopsis miersi 

 Holthuis, 1952) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 864 



Metapenaeus Wood-Mason, 1891, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 

 Ann. Mag. not. Hist. (6) 8 : 271 (gender : masculine) 

 (type species, by original designation : Penaeus attinis Milne 

 Edwards, 1837, Hist. not. Crust. 2 : 416) ruled under the 

 plenary powers to be given precedence over the generic 

 name Mangalura Miers, 1878, whenever the two names are 

 considered synonyms (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 864 



Metapeneus Alcock, 1901, Descr. Cat. Indian Deep Sea Crust. 

 : 14 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Metapenaeus 

 Wood-Mason, 1891) 0. 864 



Metasesarma Milne Edwards, 1853, Ann. Sci. not., Paris (Zool.) 



(3) 20 : 188 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy 

 : Metasesarma rousseauxi Milne Edwards, 1853, Ann. Sci. 

 not., Paris (Zool.) (3) 20 : 188) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 

 85, Direction 37 



