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Case 3555

Overview

Case 3555: Chilodontidae Macalister, 1876 (Ciliophora), Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes), and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed resolution of homonymy
between family-group names

Status of Case:	Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:	09/2011
Authors:	Herbert, D. G., Bouchet, P.
Volume and Issue:	68/3
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Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, Ciliophora, Pisces, Characiformes, Vetigastropoda, SEGUENZIOIDEA, CHILODIDAE, CHILODONTIDAE, CHILODONELLIDAE, homonymy, ciliates, fish, gastropods
Taxonomic Group(s):	Actinopterygii, Characiformes, Ciliophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca
Abstract:	The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the family-group names Chilodontidae Macalister, 1876 (type genus Chilodon Ehrenberg, 1834 [Ciliophora]), Chilodontinae, an emendation of Chilodinae Eigenmann, 1910 (type genus Chilodus Müller & Troschel, 1844 [Pisces]), and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (type genus Chilodonta Étallon, 1859 [Gastropoda]). It is proposed to place the unused name Chilodontidae Macalister, 1876 on the Official Index; to place the name Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910, as emended by Fowler (1950), on the Official List; and that the stem of the generic name Chilodonta Étallon, 1859 be deemed to be Chilodonta-, such that the name Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 is emended to Chilodontainae Wenz, 1938.
Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v68i3.a9
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Comments

Comment 3555-1: Comment on Chilodontidae Macalister, 1876 (Ciliophora), Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes), and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed resolution of homonymy between family-group names

Status of Case:
Date Published:	12/2011
Authors:	Geiger, D. L., Savelli, R. G., Pusateri, F., Kadolsky, D., Altaba, C. R., Morris, M. G., Barclay, M. V. L., Agassiz, D., Agassiz, D., Cheke, A., Smeenk, C.
Volume and Issue:	68/4
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Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v68i4.a5
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Comment 3555-2: Comment on the proposed resolution of homonymy between Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes) and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

Status of Case:
Date Published:	03/2012
Authors:	Bieler, R., Petit, R. E.
Volume and Issue:	69/1
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Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v69i1.a16
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Opinions

Opinion 2502: Opinion 2502 (Case 3555) – CHILODONTIDAE Bronn, 1859 (Ciliophora), CHILODONTINAE Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes) and CHILODONTINAE Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): homonymy between family-group names resolved

Status of Case:
Date Published:	12/2024
Authors:
Volume and Issue:	81/
Pagination:	133-136
Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, family-group, homonymy, suppressed, unjustified emendation, Ciliophora, Pisces, Characiformes, Mollusca, Gastropoda, CHILODONTIDAE, Chilodontinae, Chilodinae, Chilodonellinae
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Abstract:	The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has hereby removed the homonymy between the family-group names CHILODONTIDAE Bronn, 1859, CHILODONTINAE, an emendation of CHILODINAE Eigenmann, 1910, and CHILODONTINAE Wenz, 1938, by: 1) using its plenary power to suppress the genus-group name Chilodon Ehrenberg, 1834 (Ciliophora) for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy, and the family-group name CHILODONTIDAE Bronn, 1859 (Ciliophora) for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy; and 2) using its specific powers to rule that the family-group name CHILODONTINAE, as emended by Fowler, is an unjustified emendation of the original spelling CHILODINAE Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces). Therefore, the family-group name CHILODONTIDAE Wenz, 1938 (Gastropoda) remains unchanged, the family-group name CHILODONTIDAE Bronn, 1859 (Ciliophora) is placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology and CHILODINAE Eigenmann, 1910 is to be used in Pisces.
Full Text:	http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v81.a025
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