original description
Forbes E. (1850). On the genera of British Patellacea. <em>Report of the 19th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [Birmingham, 1849]. Notices and Abstracts of Communication.</em> 75-76.
page(s): 76 [details]
basis of record
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Nakano T. & Sasaki T. (2011) Recent advances in molecular phylogeny, systematics and evolution of patellogastropod limpets. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 77: 203-217. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Listed as valid family in Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) but classification revised following the molecular phylogeny of Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Acmaeinae, including Erginus, is paraphyletic. [details]
