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(3)</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="content typography"> <h1>Nomenclatural Notes</h1> <h2>Volume 80</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/15">The authorship of Astrodon (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Leidy, 1865 not Johnston, 1859</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/16">Strigops habroptilus Gray, 1845 is the valid scientific name of the kākāpō (Aves, STRIGOPIDAE)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/17">Replacement name for Myrmeleon croceus Michel & Akoudjin, 2023, a junior primary homonym of Myrmeleon croceus Esben-Petersen, 1918 (Neuroptera, MYRMELEONTIDAE)</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 78</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/12">Suppressing works of contemporary authors using the Code’s publication requirements is neither easy nor advisable</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/13">Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Systellommatophora, Veronicellidae) is the valid name for a widespread genus of slugs, including the highly invasive Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/14">Vaginulus Férussac, 1822, not Vaginula auctt. is the valid name for a genus of slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Systellommatophora, Veronicellidae)</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 77</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/9">Reasserting the valid name of the Curl-crested Aracari (Aves, Ramphastidae): Pteroglossus beauharnaisii Wagler, 1831</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/10">Reversal of precedence for Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 (Annelida, Errantia) over its senior homonym Dorvillea Leach, 1852 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): maintenance of prevailing usage for Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 and Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/11">Nomenclature, taxonomy, sea urchins, stem-group Holasteroida, Europe, Cretaceous,</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 76</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/2">Cookeolus Fowler, 1928 (Osteichthyes: priacanthidae): fixation of Priacanthus japonicus Cuvier, 1829 as the type species</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/3">Commentaries on different uses of the specific epithet of the large dromaeosaurid Utahraptor Kirkland et al., 1993 (Dinosauria, Theropoda)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/4">On the nomenclature of the largest tortoise that ever lived: Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer & Cautley, 1837 vs. Colossochelys atlas Falconer & Cautley, 1844 (Reptilia, Testudinidae)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/5">Reversal of priority for the species name Asterias clathrata Say, 1825 over its senior homonym Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777: maintenance of prevailing usage</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 75</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/1">An explanation relating to confused nomenclature of Thlypopis rufceps (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837): Thraupidae (Aves)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/18">Fasciolaria gigantea Kiener, 1840 (currently Triplofusus giganteus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, FASCIOLARIIDAE): the correct name for the horse conch of the southeastern United States and Mexico</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 74</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/6">The homonyms Brachypleura Angelin, 1854 (Trilobita) and Brachypleura Günther, 1862 (Actinopterygii) with discussion of N. P. Angelin’s published work</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/7">An unnecessary replacement name for Ichthyophaga Syromiatnikova 1949 (Platyhelminthes: Prolecithophora) under Article 56.2; and an unnecessary emendation under Article 33.2.3 and the correct spelling of Icthyophaga Lesson 1843 (Aves: Accipitridae)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/8">The junior synonym Stromateus niger Bloch 1795 (currently Parastromateus niger; Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Carangidae): reversal of priority by suppression of its recently discovered senior synonym Coryphaena apus Brünnich 1783, under Article 23.9.1 (prevailing usage)</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 73</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/19">Rediscovery of the type series of the Carboniferous ichnospecies Attenosaurus subulensis (Aldrich in Aldrich & Jones, 1930) and Cincosaurus cobbi (Aldrich in Aldrich & Jones, 1930) with comments on the designation of neotypes</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/20">Validity of the name Dama roberti Breda & Lister, 2013, a small European Pleistocene deer, and the status of Cervus polignacus Robert, 1829 and Cervus roberti Pomel, 1853</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/21">Describing new species in the absence of sampled specimens: a taxonomist’s own-goal </a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/22">Proxy types, taxonomic discretion, and taxonomic progress: a response to Löbl et al.</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 72</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/23">Electronic publications need registration in ZooBank to be available</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/24">Nomenclatural availability of preliminary electronic versions of taxonomic papers: in need of a clear definition</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/25">Mexican Cretaceous coral species (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) described as new by Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor (2009), but deemed ‘unpublished’ under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: republication of data necessary for nomenclatural availability</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/26">On the generic name Peckhamia Simon 1900 (Araneae, SALTICIDAE)</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 71</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/27">The lectotype for the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Proboscidea) and comments on ‘primary, secondary and tertiary syntypes’ and ‘virtual lectotype designation’</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/28">Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, LITURGUSIDAE): conservation as a justified emendation</a> </div> </div> <h2>Volume 70</h2> <div class="list"> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/29">On the nomenclature of the genus name Ululodes (Neuroptera, ASCALAPHIDAE)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/30">BOLTONOCOSTIDAE nom. nov. (Insecta, Hypoperlida), a replacement name for ORTHOCOSTIDAE Bolton, 1912</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/31">The Taxon Filter, a novel mechanism designed to facilitate the relationship between taxonomy and nomenclature, vis-à-vis the utility of the Code’s Article 81 (the Commission’s plenary power)</a> </div> <div> <a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/note/32">Synonymy and its Discontents: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Nomenclatural Proposals from the ‘Species Notebook’ of 1855–1859</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer clear"> <div class="wrapper"> <p>ICZN is supported by the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore (Company Registration No. 200604346E).<br>ICZN is an Associate Participant to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) & a Scientific Member of the International Union of Biological Science (IUBS).<br>Correspondence to the ICZN should be directed to the Secretary (iczn@nus.edu.sg / +65 6518 8364).</p> <ul class="fmenu"> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about-the-iczn/">About</a></li> <li><a href="/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/">The Code</a></li> <li><a href="/cases/">Cases</a></li> <li><a href="/httpswww-iczn-orgnomenclatural-notesstagestage/">Nomenclatural Notes</a></li> <li><a href="/official-lists-and-indexes/">Official Lists and Indexes</a></li> <li><a href="/submitting-to-the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/">Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature</a></li> <li><a href="/subscription-and-access/">Subscription and access</a></li> <li><a href="/other-publications/">ICZN Publications</a></li> <li><a href="/zoobank/">ZooBank</a></li> <li><a href="/list-of-available-names/">List of Available Names</a></li> <li><a href="/outreach/">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/make-a-donation/">Make a donation</a></li> </ul> <div class="copyright"> <a href="//creativecommons.org/licences/by/3.0/" class="cc-large" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/resources/themes/iczn/img/cc-88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons Licence" width="88px" height="31px"></a> <p>Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY Licence.</p> </div> </div> </div>  <script type="application/javascript" src="/resources/themes/iczn/javascript/modernizr.js?m=1543995461"></script> <script type="application/javascript" src="/resources/themes/iczn/javascript/jquery-min.js?m=1543995461"></script> <script type="application/javascript" src="/resources/themes/iczn/javascript/main.js?m=1543995461"></script> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-135560656-1"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-135560656-1'); </script> </body> </html>

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