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FAMILY GROUP NAMES 



VALVATIDAE Gray, 1840, in Turton, Manual land & fresh- 

 water Shells brit. Islands (ed. 2) : 79 (type genus : Valvata 

 Mttller, 1774) (Gastropoda) Direction 27 



VANICOROIDAE Gray, 1840, Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42) [issue 

 2] : 121 (type genus: Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) 

 (an incorrect original spelling for VANIKORIDAE Gray, 1840) 

 0. 1009 



VANIKORIDAE Gray, 1 840 (a justified emendation of VANICO- 

 ROIDAE) Syn. Brit. Mus. (ed. 42) [issue 2] : 121 (type genus : 

 Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (Gastropoda) 0. 1009 



VERTIGINIDAE Stimpson, 1851, Shells New Engl. : 53 (type 

 genus : Vertigo Miiller, 1774) (Gastropoda) Direction 27 



VESPERTILIA Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse Nature : 54 (type 

 genus: Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758) (an incorrect original 

 spelling for VESPERTILIONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815) Direction 

 98 



VESPERTILIONIDAE (correction of VESPERTILIA) Rafinesque, 

 1815, Analyse Nature : 54 (type genus: Vespertilio Lin- 

 naeus, 1758) (Mammalia) Direction 98 



VITREINAE Thiele, 1931, Handb. syst. Weichtierk. 2 : 587 

 (type genus : Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833) (Gastropoda) Direction 



27 



VIVERRIDAE Gray, 1821, London med. Reposit. 15 : 301 

 (type genus: Viverra Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia) Direc- 

 tion 53 



VIVIPARIDAE Gray, 1847, Proc. zoo/. Soc. London 15 (178) : 

 155 (validated under the plenary powers) (type genus: 

 Viviparus Montfort, 1810) (Gastropoda) 0. 573 



VOLUCELLIDAE (correction of VOLUCELLITES) Newman, 

 1834, Entomol. Mag. 2 : 379, 394 (type genus : Volucella 

 Geoffroy, 1762) (Insecta, Diptera) 0. 441 



VOLUCELLITES Newman, 1834, Entomol. Mag. 2 : 379, 

 394 (type genus: Volucella Geoffroy, 1762) (an incorrect 

 original spelling for VOLUCELLIDAE Newman, 1834) 0. 441 



WESTONOCERATIDAE Teichert, 1933, Palaeontographica 

 78, Abt. A : 216 (type genus : Westonoceras Foerste, 1924) 

 (Cephalopoda) 0. 593 



XANCIDAE Woodring, 1928, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash- 

 ington No. 385 : 250-252 (type genus : Xancus [Roding], 

 1 798) (invalid (i) because the name of the type genus has 

 been suppressed under the plenary powers and (ii) because 

 it is a junior objective synonym of TURBINELLIDAE Swainson, 

 1840)0.489 



XANTHIDAE MacLeay, 1838, in Smith, Illustrations Zoology 

 South Africa (Invertebratae) : 59 (type genus : Xantho 

 [Leach, 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 423 (original entry 

 corrected) 



XENOPHORIDAE Philippi, 1853, Handb. Conchyliol. Mala- 

 cozool. 1853 : 185 (type genus: Xenophora Fischer von 

 Waldheim, 1807) (Gastropoda) 0. 715 



XYLOCOPIDAE (correction of 'Des Xylocopites') Lepeletier, 

 1841, Hist. not. Ins., Hymenopt. 2 : 147 (type genus: 

 Xylocopa Latreille, [1802]) (Insecta, Hymenoptera) 0. 743 



