The Key to Scientific Names
- Glaucionetta
(Anatidae; syn. Bucephala † Common Goldeneye B. clangula) Gr. γλαυκιον glaukion type of duck with glaring eyes < γλαυκος glaukos glaucous, gleaming; νηττα nētta duck; "Should Harelda, after all, turn out to have the priority over "Clangula Leach, 1819," Clangula being a strict synonym of the former cannot be used for the golden-eyes in any case. As all the subsequent generic names bestowed upon the latter group are preoccupied, a new name has to be chosen, for which I propose GLAUCIONETTA.† ... † γλαυκιον, glaucium; νηττα, anas. Type Anas clangula Linn." (Stejneger 1885); "Glaucionetta Stejneger, 1885, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 8, p. 409. Type, by original designation, Anas clangula Linnaeus." (Johnsgard in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd ed., p. 494).
