| Original name | |
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| Current accepted name |
Yes |
| Status |
Accepted name |
| Status details |
senior synonym, new combination |
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| Etymology of generic noun |
From Achille Valenciennes 1794-1865; he worked with Duméril, Cuvier and Lacepède since 1815; malacologist, author of a "Histoire naturelle des poissons" (Ref. 45335). |
| Eponymy |
Swinburne Ward (1830–1897) was a British diplomat, Her Majesty’s Civil Commissioner in the Seychelles (1862–1868). He was also an amateur naturalist, and the extinct Seychelles Parakeet (Psittacula wardi) is also named after him. |
| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
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