Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo, Luis F. Carrera-Parra, “Reversal of precedence for Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 (Annelida, Errantia) over its senior homonym Dorvillea Leach, 1852 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): maintenance of prevailing usage for Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 and Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The widely used polychaete names  Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866, and consequently Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919 (Annelida, Errantia) are threatened by a senior homonym  Dorvillea Leach, 1852 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). The latter is a junior synonym of  Abra Lamarck, 1818 and it has not been used as a valid name since 1899, while the....

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Tyler Greenfield, Gunnar Bivens, André Fonseca, “Nomenclature, taxonomy, sea urchins, stem-group Holasteroida, Europe, Cretaceous,”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

Until now, authorship of the sauropodomorph dinosaur genus Coloradisaurus has been attributed to Lambert, 1983. Here we demonstrate that Lambert’s work does not meet the requirements of Articles 13.1 and 13.3 of the Code for availability of this name, therefore it is a nomen nudum in that....

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Frank-Thorsten Krell, “Suppressing works of contemporary authors using the Code’s publication requirements is neither easy nor advisable”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

In times of increasing easiness to produce publications, attempts have been made to use the Code’s requirements for publication to declare controversial works unavailable. I advise against such strategy, because in this day and age, these requirements are very easily met by anybody and their violation very difficult to....

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Sheikh Sajan, Basudev Tripathy, Robert H. Cowie, “Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Systellommatophora, Veronicellidae) is the valid name for a widespread genus of slugs, including the highly invasive Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. 160-164, 2021.

The validity of Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913 as the objective senior synonym of Eleutherocaulis Simroth, 1913, both published simultaneously in a complex and  confusing work as genus-group names for veronicellid slugs, is confirmed. The type  species, in....

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Robert H. Cowie, Sheikh Sajan, Basudev Tripathy, Neal L. Evenhuis, “Vaginulus Férussac, 1822, not Vaginula auctt. is the valid name for a genus of slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Systellommatophora, Veronicellidae)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

There has been, and to some extent remains, confusion over the valid genus name for a group of slugs in the family Veronicellidae, either  Vaginulus  Férussac, 1822 or  Vaginula  auctt., often cited as of Berthold, 1827 or sometimes as of Blainville, 1828. We show that  Vaginula  was first made available as an emendation....

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Skye N. McDavid, Jack Perkins, “The authorship of Astrodon (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Leidy, 1865 not Johnston, 1859”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 109-111, 2023.

The authorship of the sauropod dinosaur genus Astrodon is frequently cited as Johnston, 1859, and its type species Astrodon johnstoni is usually cited as Leidy, 1865. Although Johnston’s publication does satisfy the  Code’s requirements for published work, the lack of description means it does not satisfy the....

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James L. Savage, Andrew Digby, “Strigops habroptilus Gray, 1845 is the valid scientific name of the kākāpō (Aves, STRIGOPIDAE)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 112-115, 2023.

The kākāpō was named Strigops habroptilus by G.R. Gray in 1845. However, in recent decades authorities have begun to recommend habroptila as the correct species name through mistaken interpretation of gender  agreement rules. Here, we explain that  habroptilus remains the valid species name through correct application....

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Bruno Michel, Massouroudini Akoudjin, “Replacement name for Myrmeleon croceus Michel & Akoudjin, 2023, a junior primary homonym of Myrmeleon croceus Esben-Petersen, 1918 (Neuroptera, MYRMELEONTIDAE)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 116-117, 2023.

A new replacement name, nomen novum, is proposed for Myrmeleon croceus  Michel & Akoudjin, 2023, which is an unreplaced junior primary homonym of Myrmeleon croceus Esben-Petersen, 1918.

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