Paul:
Cernohorsky, 1976 does quote author eg Family Mitridae Swainson, 1831.
Most books like Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis do not. Ponder, 1989
doesn't. The question, lacking the original document, where do people
come up with author name and date for subfamily and higher?
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