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Case 3668

Overview

Case 3668: Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of specific name by setting aside the unidentifiable lectotype and replacing it with a neotype.

Publication Type:	Journal Article
Year of Publication:	2014
Authors:	Janssen, A. W., Janssen, R., Tracey, S., Vaessen, L. M. B., Voort, J. V. D.
Journal:	Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:	71
Issue:	4
Start Page:	223
Pagination:
Date Published:	12/2014
Type of Article:	Case
Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, CONIDAE, Conus antidiluvianus, Conus parisiensis, Paris Basin, Italy, fossil cone shells
Abstract:	The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to conserve prevailing usage of the specific name Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 for a Neogene fossil cone shell, widely distributed in Europe. The type locality stated in the original description was an Eocene site in the east of the Paris Basin, France, and three more unlocalised specimens were said to exist in various collections. No specimen resembling the original description has since been found in this area and all of the former syntypes are believed to be lost. The type locality has long been considered to be erroneous and the name Conus antidiluvianus has been almost exclusively applied to the Neogene species by most authors, until relatively recently when this name was applied instead to another Eocene fossil from the central Paris Basin, replacing the widely used name Conus parisiensis Deshayes, 1865. In view of the mismatch between original description and type locality, Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 is strictly a nomen dubium. A recent lectotype designation of the (lost) shell originally figured did nothing to clarify the identity of this species, and the present authors have elsewhere published their intention, under Article 75.1, to set aside this lectotype in favour of a specified neotype; however, it might be considered that this would not fully comply with Article 75.3.6 and so a ruling by the Commission is requested in order to maintain stability of nomenclature for this species.
Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v71i4.a11

Case:
Case 3668

Volume/Issue:
71(4)

Taxonomic Group(s):
Gastropoda, Mollusca

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Opinions

Opinion 2394: Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792: prevailing usage of specific name conserved by setting aside the unidentifiable lectotype and replacing it with a neotype (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae)

Publication Type:	Journal Article
Year of Publication:	2017
Authors:	ICZN
Journal:	Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:	73
Issue:
Start Page:	177
Pagination:
Date Published:	03/2017
Type of Article:	Opinion
Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, CONIDAE, Conus antidiluvianus, Conus parisiensis, Paris Basin, Italy, fossil cone shells
Abstract:	The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the specific name for the fossil cone shell Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 by designating a neotype. The name is placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.
Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a33

Opinion:
Opinion 2394

Volume/Issue:
73

Taxonomic Group(s):

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Status of Case:
Resolved (Opinion Issued)

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