ICZN Publications

The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature (now defunct) has published a number of works on behalf of the Commission. These can be obtained through the links below:

ICZN - BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY COLLABORATION

The BHL-ICZN collaborative project aims to scan and make freely available online all of the published output of the Commission, from 1907 to the present day.

The following ICZN publications are currently available:

Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. (Editors: Melville, R. & Smith, J.D.D.) London, ICZN, 1987. 366p. [link to PDF]

Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology Supplement 1986-2000. London: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature on behalf of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2001. (Editor: Smith, J.D.D.) 136 p. [link to PDF]

Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. ISSN: 0007-5167, London, vol. 1 (1943) - vol. 64 (2007). (For access to vol. 65 - present, click here for more information)

Opinions rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, London and Washington, 1907-. Continued in: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 1939-1954.

Copenhagen Decisions on Zoological Nomenclature: additions to, and modifications of, the Règles Internationales de la Nomenclature Zoologique, approved and adopted by the 14th International Congress of Zoology / edited by F. Hemming, &c. London, 1953, 135p.

Appendices B to D of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 3rd ed., 1985:
Appendix B: Transliteration and Latinisation of Greek words
Appendix C: Latinisation of geograpical and proper names
Appendix D: Recommendations on the formation of names.
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