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Polychaeta source details

Name

ICZN 1966. Opinion 767. Serpula Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Polychaeta): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(1): 29–30

SourceID

166350

Authors

ICZN

Year

1966

Title

Opinion 767. Serpula Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Polychaeta): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers

Journal

Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

Suffix

23(1): 29-30

Type

Publication

Link

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222830

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

Abstract

RULING: "all designations of type-species for the nominal genus Serpula Linnaeus, 1758. made prior to the present Ruling are hereby set aside, and the nominal species Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767, is hereby designated to be the' type-species of that genus. ..."

Taxonomic term

Polychaeta

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Taxa (1)
Notes (2)

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758 (subsequent type designation)

Nomenclature

for Serpula contortuplicata Linnaeus, 1758

Note that Serpula vermicularis, although junior in publication date to S contortuplicata and other original ... [details]

Type species

for Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Type species S. vermicularis Linnaeus 1767 as a consequence of the application of Heppell (1963), and ICZN RULING ... [details]