WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Kosse J.F.J. (1813). De Pteropodum ordine et novo ipsius Genere.. <i>Halle, typis Hendelianis 16 p., 1 pl.</i>: [details]
original description
(of Sarcopterus Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 [details] 
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Nomenclature The name Gastropteron is often attributed to Meckel, who was the supervisor of Kosse's thesis. [details]
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