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RHAGADIOLUS : A MISUNDERSTOOD GENUS
Author(s) -
Meikle R. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219567
Subject(s) - genus , biology , zoology , ecology , evolutionary biology
Summary A review of the genus Rhagadiolus indicates that the two species Rhagadiolus edulis Gaertner and R. stellatus (L.) Gaertner have been widely misunderstood and should be maintained as distinct. It is also demonstrated that Rhagadiolus Scop. (1754) and Rhagadiolus A.‐L. Jussieu (1789) are taxonomically distinct, and that the generic name must be conserved if it is to continue to be used in its current sense.