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Case 3682: The work ‘The White-cheeked Geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia, and B. minima. Taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations, Volume 1, Eastern taxa; Volume 2, Western taxa, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations’ by Harold C. Hanson: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes.

Banks, R. C., LeCroy, M., Schodde, R., “Case 3682: The work ‘The White-cheeked Geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia, and B. minima. Taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations, Volume 1, Eastern taxa; Volume 2, Western taxa, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations’ by Harold C. Hanson: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to suppress for nomenclatural purposes the two-Volume work ‘The White-cheeked geese: Branta canadensis , B. maxima , B. ‘ lawrensis ’, B. hutchinsii , B. leucopareia , and ....

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Case 3683: Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae): proposed conservation

Edmund Gittenberger,, Ruud A Bank, “Case 3683: Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae): proposed conservation”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3, is to conserve the generic name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 for a well-known, monotypic genus with a model species for Alpine endemism in gastropods. This name is threatened by the earlier Cochlopupa Jan, 1830, a virtually unused, objective....

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Opinion 2406: Elasmostethus dorsalis Jakovlev, 1876 (currently Elasmucha dorsalis): conditional precedence granted over Acanthosoma vicinum Uhler, 1861 (currently Elasmucha vicina) (Insecta, Heteroptera)

ICZN, “Opinion 2406: Elasmostethus dorsalis Jakovlev, 1876 (currently Elasmucha dorsalis): conditional precedence granted over Acanthosoma vicinum Uhler, 1861 (currently Elasmucha vicina) (Insecta, Heteroptera)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to grant conditional precedence to Elasmostethus dorsalis Jakovlev, 1876 over Acanthosoma vicinum Uhler, 1861 for a species of subsocial acanthosomatid bug from the Russian Far East.

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Case 3685: Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Arionidae): proposed validation of the specific name as available

Igor Balashov, “Case 3685: Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Arionidae): proposed validation of the specific name as available”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. 12–15, 2018.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the established usage of the species name Arion vulgaris with the authorship of Moquin-Tandon (1855). This name was very frequently used in the last several years, but was primary published as....

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Case 3686: Bulimus rupestris Philippi, 1836 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Chondrinidae): proposed conservation of the specific name

Igor Balashov, Francisco Welter-Schultes, “Case 3686: Bulimus rupestris Philippi, 1836 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Chondrinidae): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 193–195, 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name of the terrestrial snail  Bulimus rupestris  Philippi, 1836 (currently  Rupestrella rupestris , Chondrinidae), originally published as a junior primary homonym of  Bulimus rupestris  Krynicki, 1833 (currently classified in the genus  Peristoma,  Enidae) by ruling under....

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Case 3687: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): proposed conservation of the specific name as a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867

Jason A. Dunlop, Mark S. Harvey, George O. Poinar, “Case 3687: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): proposed conservation of the specific name as a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. , 2015.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name  Phrynus mexicanus  Poinar & Brown, 2004 which was proposed for a fossil whip spider (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae) preserved in Chiapas (Mexican) amber. This fossil species was initially described under the grammatically erroneous combination ....

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Opinion 2453: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): specific name not conserved

ICZN, “Opinion 2453: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): specific name not conserved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name of  Phrynus mexicanus  Poinar & Brown, 2004 for a fossil whip spider, a junior primary homonym of  Phrynus mexicanus  Bilimek, 1867 (currently  Paraphrynus mexicanus ). As a result, the name  Phrynus....

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Case 3688: Charinidae Gray 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): proposed suppression

Diomedes A. Quintero, William A. Shear, “Case 3688: Charinidae Gray 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): proposed suppression”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. , 2016.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to suppress the little-used senior homonym Charinidae Gray, 1849 in order to conserve the family-group name Charinidae Quintero, 1986. Charinidae Quintero, 1986 is a well-established name for the most speciose group of Amblypygi, while Charinidae (originally Charinini) Gray, 1849 has been little used since its original proposal; to resurrect this....

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Opinion 2454: Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): emended to Charinaidae to remove homonymy with Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi); Ungaliopheinae McDowell, 1987 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): emended to Ungaliophiinae McDowell, 1987

ICZN, “Opinion 2454: Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): emended to Charinaidae to remove homonymy with Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi); Ungaliopheinae McDowell, 1987 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): emended to Ungaliophiinae McDowell, 1987”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

Under the plenary power, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has emended the spelling of the family-group name Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes) to remove homonymy with Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi). The stem of the generic name  Charina Gray, 1849 has been emended to  Charina- to give the family-group name Charinaidae for....

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Opinion 2423: Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae): conditional precedence given over Euenchytraeus Bretscher, 1906 and Chamaedrilus Friend, 1913

ICZN, “Opinion 2423: Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae): conditional precedence given over Euenchytraeus Bretscher, 1906 and Chamaedrilus Friend, 1913”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the annelid generic name Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 by giving it precedence over two senior subjective synonyms, Euenchytraeus Bretscher, 1906 and Chamaedrilus Friend, 1913.

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