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Case 3850: Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed suppression for removal of homonymy with Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes), as well as for conservation of prevailing usage of Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora)

Hiroshi Kajihara, Eric N. Smith, “Case 3850: Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed suppression for removal of homonymy with Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes), as well as for conservation of prevailing usage of Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 112-130, 2021.

The purposes of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 55.3.1 of the Code, are to conserve the current usage of (1) the family-group name M icruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes) for a family (sometimes treated as a subfamily) of New World  coral snakes that frequently appear in....

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Case 3853: Eumeces niger Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 (currently Emoia nigra) (Reptilia, Scincidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by setting aside a lectotype designation for Gongylus (Eumeces) freycinetii Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (currently Emoia atrocostata freycinetii).

Glenn M. Shea, Robert N. Fisher, Ivan Ineich, “Case 3853: Eumeces niger Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 (currently Emoia nigra) (Reptilia, Scincidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by setting aside a lectotype designation for Gongylus (Eumeces) freycinetii Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (currently Emoia atrocostata freycinetii).”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The purpose of the present application, under Articles 74.1.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to maintain consistent usage of the commonly used name  Emoia nigra  (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) by setting aside a lectotype designation for  Gongylus  ( Eumeces )  freycineti  Duméril & Bibron, 1839 by Wells & Wellington in 1985 in....

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