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What was the purpose of Louis Agassiz's Nomenclator Zoologicus?

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Louis Agassiz’s Nomenclator Zoologicus was designed as a comprehensive catalog containing references for all names applied to animal genera since the inception of scientific nomenclature, which is dated to January 1, 1758.1