The Key to Scientific Names
- clypeata / clypeatus
L. clipeatus or clypeatus shield-bearing, armed with a round shield < clipeare or clypeare to arm with a shield < clipeus, clupeus or clypeus round shield.
● "61. ANAS. ... clypeata. 16. A. rostri extremo dilatato rotundato, ungue incurvo. Fn. svec. 102. It. gotl. 167. Anas latirostra major. Gesn. av. 120. Aldr. orn. 3. p. 227. Anas platyrhynchos altera. Will. orn. 283. t. 74. Raj. av. 143. Anas clypeata germanica. Alb. av. l. p. 93. t. 97. 98. Habitat in Europæ maritimis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Spatula).- Clypeata
(Anatidae; syn. Spatula † Northern Shoveler S. clypeata) Specific name Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758; "VIIIe Sous-Genre. SOUCHET, Cuv., clypeata. Bec long, à mandibule supérieure spatuliforme, évasée en demi-cylindre, et s'élargissant au bout; bords garnis de lamelles très longues et très minces. Type; le SOUCHET, anas clypeata, L." (Lesson 1828); "Clypeata Lesson, Manuel d;Orn. vol. ii. p. 416, June 1828. Type (by original designation): A. clypeata Linné." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 218).
- praeclypeata
L. prae before, in front; specific name Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 (Fred Ruhe in litt.) (‡Spatula).
