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Issue: Vol. 1527 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2007
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2007-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1527.1.8
Page range: 66
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Anodontophorus n. nov., a new name for Anodontophora Pomorski, 2007, not Anodontophora Cossmann, 1897

Institute of Zoology, Wrocław University, Sienkiewicza 21, Pl-50-335 Wrocław, Poland
Anodontophorus

Abstract

I recently proposed the generic name of Anodontophora for a new onychiurid species Anodontophora tuvensis Pomorski, 2007 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) (Pomorski, 2007). However, this name is a junior homonym of Anodontophora Cossmann, 1897, used as genus name for extinct, fossil mussels, (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) (Cossmann, 1897). According to the principle of homonymy the name Anodontophora Pomorski 2007 is not applicable (ICZN, 1999), and therefore I propose here the name Anodontophorus n. nov. (gender masculine) with type species Anodontophorus tuvensis (Pomorski, 2007).

References

  1. Cossmann, M. (1897) Mollusques éocéniques de la Loire-Inférieure, Troisième fascicule. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, 7, 297–358.

    ICZN (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth ed. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, Natural History Museum, London: 306 pp.

    Pomorski, R. J. (2007) Adontophora tuvensis gen. et sp. nov. (Collembola: Onychiuridae: Tetrodontophorinae), Zootaxa, 1521, 63–66.