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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

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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