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Case 3717: Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera).

Eugene V. Coan, James T. Carlton, Neal L. Evenhuis, “Case 3717: Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera).”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the family-group names Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera), which are homonyms due to the similarity of the names of their respective type genera ....

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Opinion 2429: Opinion 2429 (Case 3717) – Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera)

ICZN, “Opinion 2429: Opinion 2429 (Case 3717) – Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has emended the spelling of the name Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). The stem of the molluscan generic name Xylophaga Turton, 1822 has been emended to Xylophaga- to give Xylophagaidae....

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Case 3848: Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae): proposed precedence over Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819 and Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819

Eugene V. Coan, James T. Carlton, “Case 3848: Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae): proposed precedence over Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819 and Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 78 (30 Apr 2021): 3.

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Case 3854: Macoma Leach, 1819 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Tellinidae): proposed conservation of usage, and request for confirmation of the unavailability of Limecola Brown, 1844 and Limicola Leach, 1852.

Jan K. Nielsen, “Case 3854: Macoma Leach, 1819 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Tellinidae): proposed conservation of usage, and request for confirmation of the unavailability of Limecola Brown, 1844 and Limicola Leach, 1852.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

Noticed in BZN 78: 68 on 30 August 2021 Closure in BZN 78: 165 on 30 August 2021

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