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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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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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