The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Elasmonetta
(Anatidae; syn. Anas † Brown Teal A. chlorotis) Gr. ελασμος elasmos plate, lamella; νηττα nētta duck; "ELASMONETTA. Elasmonetta, Salv. MS. . . .Type. E. chlorotis. Bill compressed, soft on the edges of the apical part of the upper mandible, lamellæ extremely developed; wings well developed" (Salvadori 1895); "Elasmonetta Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xxvii. p. 287 (after Sept. 6th), 1895. Type (by original designation): Anas chlorotis Gray." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 217).
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