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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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Opinion 2407: Bulimus rupestris Philippi, 1836 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Chondrinidae): conservation of the specific name

ICZN, “Opinion 2407: Bulimus rupestris Philippi, 1836 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Chondrinidae): conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to rule that the specific name of Bulimus rupestris Philippi, 1836 is not invalid by reason of it being a junior primary homonym of the specific name of Bulimus rupestris Krynicki, 1833.

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Case 3690: Alabina Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea): proposed designation of the type species

P Bouchet, EE Strong, “Case 3690: Alabina Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea): proposed designation of the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 196–200, 3690.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 65.2.2 and 70.2 of the Code, is to fix  Alaba cerithidioides  Dall, 1889 as type species of  Alabina, as originally intended by Dall.  Alabina  Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda), is a replacement name for  Elachista  Dall & Simpson, 1901, non  Elachista  Treitschke, 1833 (Insecta). The....

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Opinion 2408: Alabina Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea): designation of Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889 as type species not approved

ICZN, “Opinion 2408: Alabina Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea): designation of Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889 as type species not approved”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of type species for Alabina Dall, 1902 prior to the designation of Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889 by Dall (1902).

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Case 3702: Verconella dilatata var. cuvieriana Powell, 1927 (currently Penion cuvierianus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name

Bruce A. Marshall, Alan G. Beu, Winston F. Ponder, Hamish G. Spencer, Kerry Walton, Richard C. Willan, “Case 3702: Verconella dilatata var. cuvieriana Powell, 1927 (currently Penion cuvierianus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 3–6, 2016.

See BZN 75 (2018): 85.

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Case 3706: Trochus (Osilinus ?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name

Marshall, B. A., Beu, A. G., Ponder, W. F., Spencer, H. G., Walton, K., Willan, R. C., “Case 3706: Trochus (Osilinus ?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name of the well-known species Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1849), a common marine gastropod from southern New Zealand and Macquarie Island. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Trochus....

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Opinion 2437: Trochus (Osilinus?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): precedence given over Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848

ICZN, “Opinion 2437: Trochus (Osilinus?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): precedence given over Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the usage of the specific name of Trochus (Osilinus?) capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus ) by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848.

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Case 3741: Pertaining the usage of the gastropod taxon of Cypraeidae Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937 as nomen conservandum, and declaring Cypraea carneola var. tuberculigera Sulliotti, 1924 nomen oblitum

Felix Lorenz, “Case 3741: Pertaining the usage of the gastropod taxon of Cypraeidae Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937 as nomen conservandum, and declaring Cypraea carneola var. tuberculigera Sulliotti, 1924 nomen oblitum”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Closed in BZN 74 (31 Aug 2017): 142

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Case 3748: Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae): proposed conservation of the name by designation of Helix melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 as the type species of Liparus Albers, 1850

Corey S. Whisson, Lisa A. Kirkendale, Abraham S. H. Breure, “Case 3748: Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae): proposed conservation of the name by designation of Helix melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 as the type species of Liparus Albers, 1850”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The purpose of this application, under Article 67.2 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the generic name Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894, a well-established genus of land snail endemic to the southern half of Australia and whose name has been used consistently for over a....

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Comment 3748-1: Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae): support for the proposed conservation of the name by designation of Helix melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 as the type species of Liparus Albers, 1850

Philippe Bouchet, “Comment 3748-1: Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae): support for the proposed conservation of the name by designation of Helix melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 as the type species of Liparus Albers, 1850”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

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