International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
Op. — see: OPINIONS
Direction — see: DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
No
noachi Bertrand 1763 [originally in Arca], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 42 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
noae Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Arca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 693 (specific name of the type species of Arca Linnaeus 1758) (Bivalvia). Direction 1
nobile Milne Edwards 1880 [originally in Trichopeltarion], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 8: 20 (specific name of the type species of Trichopeltarion Milne Edwards 1880) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nobilis Fabricius 1787 [originally in Buprestis], Mantissa insectorum ..., vol. 1, p. 180, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis nobilis Linnaeus 1758 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
nobilis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Buprestis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 410 (specific name of the type species of Actenodes Dejean 1833) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
nobilis Selenka 1867 [originally in Mulleria], Z. wiss. Zool., 17: 313 (Holothuroidea). Opinion 762
nobilis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Scarabaeus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, p. 353 (specific name of the type species of Gnorimus Le Peletier & Serville 1828) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2186
nobilissimus Agassiz 1839 [originally in Holoptychius], in Murchison, Silurian System: 599-601, pl. 2 bis, figs. 1, 2 (specific name of the type species of Holoptychius Agassiz 1839) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 930
Noctiluca Houttuyn 1766, Natuurl. Hist.: 245 (not made available in the work cited). Opinion 322
noctiluca Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cantharis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 400 (specific name of the type species of Lampyris Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1273
Noctua Gmelin 1771, Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. imp. Petrop., 15: 447 (a junior homonym of Noctua Linnaeus 1758). Opinion 450
Noctua Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 508 (conserved under the plenary power as of subgeneric status) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phalaena pronuba Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 512) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
Noctua Linnaeus 1764, Dissert. Acad. demonstr. Necess. promov. Hist. nat. Rossia: 16; id., 1767, Amoen. Acad., 7: 450 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 450
NOCTUACEA Burmeister 1829, De Ins. Syst. Nat.: 27 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUAEIDES Billberg 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billberg: 85 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUAELITES Latreille 1809, Gen. Crust. Ins., 4: 191, 224 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for NOCTUIDAE Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUARIA Gravenhorst 1843, Vergleich. Zool.: 167 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUARIAE Zetterstedt 1840, Ins. lapp.: vi, 932 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUELIDES Duponchel 1844, Cat. méth. Lépid. Europ.: 145 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUELIDI Boisduval [November 1828], Europ. Lep. Index meth.: 101 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUELITES Guénée 1852, Hist. nat. Ins., 5: 1 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUES Swinhoe 1890, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 1890: 217 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUIDA [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9(1): 134 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809, Gen. Crust. Ins., 4: 191, 224 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
NOCTUITES Newman 1835, Grammar Entomol.: 176 (type genus: Noctua Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for NOCTUIDAE (correction of NOCTUAELITES) Latreille 1809). Opinion 450
nocturna Nardo 1847 [originally in Jaxea], Sinon. moderna Opera Chiereghin: 4 (specific name of the type species of Jaxea Nardo 1847) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
noctis Herbst 1795 [originally in Curculio] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2471
nodipes Leach 1815 [originally in Pisa], Zool. Miscell., 2: 50 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 708
nodosa Bruguière 1789 [originally in Ammonites], Encyclopédie méthodique. 1. Histoire naturelle des vers, p. 43, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Ammonites nodosus Schlotheim 1813 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea). Opinion 1806
nodosa Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Asterias], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 661, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Clark 1962 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 19: 175) (specific name of the type species of Protoreaster Döderlein 1916) (Asteroidea). Opinion 707
nodosa Fischer von Waldheim 1837 [originally in Ceriopora], Oryctographie du Gouvernement de Moscou, Ed. 2, p. 166 (specific name of the type species of Ascopora Trautschold 1876) (Bryozoa, Cryptostomata). Opinion 1786
nodosa Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Nerita], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 777 (valid name at the date of Opinion 886 of the type species of Thais [Röding] 1798) (Gastropoda). Opinion 886
nodosa Reuss 1863 [originally in Robulina], Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 46(1): 78, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. C 30169 in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basle) designated by Bartenstein 1974, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 67: 540 and confirmed by the Commission as the name-bearing type (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1803
Nodosaria [Lamarck] [1816], Ency. méth. (Vers): pl. 465 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Children 1823 (Lamarck’s Genera of Shells: 149): Nautilus radicula Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 71) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 1003
nodostrictus Quenstedt 1885 [originally in Ammonites], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, p. 264 (specific name of the type species of Holcolytoceras Spath 1924) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
nodosus Schlotheim 1813 [originally in Ammonites], Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Sicht. Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, 7: 100, ruled under the plenary power to be defined by the lectotype (specimen no. C785 in the Museum für Naturkunde an der Humboldt Universität, Berlin) designated by Urlichs & Mundlos 1987, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, (B)128: 7 (specific name of the type species of Ceratites de Haan 1825) (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea). Opinion 1806
nodosus Bell 1855 [originally in Oreophorus], Proc. linn. Soc. London, 2: 434 (specific name of the type species of Speloeophorus Milne Edwards 1865) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
nodulatus Quensted 1888 [originally in Ammonites], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, p. 981 (specific name of the type species of Presimoceras Sarti 1990) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
nodulosa Lamarck 1801 [originally in Trigonia], Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 117 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 327
Nodus Wagler 1830, Nat. Syst. Amphibien: 34 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1289
noliformis McCrady 1859 [originally in Campanularia], Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History, 1: 194, as defined by the neotype (fertile hydroid colony from Castle Harbour, Bermuda, in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, collection no. ROMIZ B365) designated under the plenary power (Cnidaria). Opinion 1986
Nomada Scopoli 1770, Annus IV, historico-naturalis, p. 44 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Curtis 1832, British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland ..., vol. 9, pl. 419, text: Apis ruficornis Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713
Nomadacris Uvarov 1923, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9)11: 143 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Acridium septemfasciatum Audinet-Serville [1838]), ruled under the plenary power that the first reviser action of Jago 1981, whereby the name Patanga Uvarov 1923 was given precedence over the name Nomadacris, is set aside and that Nomadacris has precedence over Patanga whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1454
NOMADIDAE Fallén 1813, Specimen novam Hymenoptera disponendi methodum exhibens, p. 31 (type genus: Nomada Scopoli 1770), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Nomada are not to be given priority over ANTHOPHORIDAE Dahlbom 1835 and other family-group names based on Anthophora Latreille 1803 whenever their type genera are placed in the same family-group taxon (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713
Nomia Latreille 1804, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l’agriculture et à l’economie rurale et domestique, Tome 24 [vol. 24], p. 182 (gender: feminine), type species by monotypy Andrena curvipes Fabricius 1781 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2272
NOMIIDAE Gozis 1875, Catalogue des coléoptères de France et de la faune Gallo-Rhénane, 2, p. 3, spelling emended to NOMIUSIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Nomius Laporte 1835 is Nomius– (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2272.
NOMIINAE Robertson 1904, Entomologist, 36: 42 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2272
Nomioides Schenck 1866, Berlin Entomol. Zeitschr., 10: 333 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Apis minutissima Rossi 1790, Fauna Etrusca, 2: 109, Liburni (Pisis)) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1319
Nomius Laporte 1835, Études entomologiques, ou descriptions d’insectes nouveaux; et observations sur leur synonymie, p. 144 (gender: masculine), type species by monotypy Nomius graecus Laporte 1835 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2272
NOMIUSIDAE Gozis 1875, Catalogue des coléoptères de France et de la faune Gallo-Rhénane, 2, p. 3, spelling emended from NOMIIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Nomius Laporte 1835 is Nomius– (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2272
Nonion de Montfort 1808, Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Coquilles univalves, cloisonnées, vol. 1, p. 210 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Nautilus faba Fichtel & Moll 1798) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1567
Nonionina d’Orbigny 1826, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (1)7: 293 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1568
Norella Bittner 1890, Abh. k.-k. geol. Reichsanst., 14: 315 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Rhynchonella refractifrons Bittner 1890, Abh. k.-k. geol. Reichsanst., 14: 34) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 633
NORELLINAE Ager 1959, J. Paleontol., 33: 330 (type genus: Norella Bittner 1890) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 633
norfolciensis Latham 1801 [originally in Columba], Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae, Leigh & J. & S. Sotheby, London, p. 60, suppressed under the plenary power for the Purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Aves, COLUMBIDAE). Opinion 2251.
norma Hübner [1821] [originally in Autographa], Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, p. 251 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1682
normalis Lacordaire 1842 [originally in Lybas], Monographie des Erotyliens, famille de l’ordre des coléoptères, p. 235 (specific name of the type species of Lybas Lacordaire 1842) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1824
Normannites Munier-Chalmas 1892, Bull. Soc. géol. France, (3)20, C.R.: clxxii (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Normannites orbignyi Buckman 1908, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)1: 146) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 309
nortoniensis Gmelin [1789] [originally in Fringilla], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 922 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 408
northropi Lawson 1975 [originally in Quetzalcoatlus] (Pterosauria). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2440
norvegicus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cancer], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 632 (specific name of the type species of Nephrops [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
notata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Tipula], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 588 (specific name of the type species of Scatopse Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 441
notaticollis Kraatz [1897] [originally in Leucocelis], Deutsche entomol. Z., 1896: 71, footnote (specific name of the type species of Leucochilus Kraatz [1897]) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Direction 72
notha Bory de St. Vincent 1804 [originally in Acinacea], Voy. Iles Afrique, 1: 93 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 487
Nothosaurus Münster 1834, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefactenkunde, 1834: 525 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Nothosaurus mirabilis Münster 1834), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Conchiosaurus Meyer [1833] whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Opinion 1907
Notocrangon Coutière 1900, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 130: 1640 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Crangon antarcticus Pfeffer 1887, Jahrb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 4: 45) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Notogastropus Vosmaer 1763, Mém. Math. Phys. Acad. Sci. Paris, 4: 635 (included in a work in which the author did not apply the principles of binominal nomenclature). Opinion 688
Noto-gastropus Vosmaer 1765, Uitgez. Verh. Werken Soc. Weetensch. Europ., 10: 119 (included in a work in which the author did not apply the principles of binominal nomenclature). Opinion 688
Notonecia Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 524 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Notonecta Linnaeus 1758). Direction 63
Notonecta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 434, 261): Notonecta glauca Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 439) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 104, Direction 63
NOTONECTARIAE Latreille [1802], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 253 (type genus: Notonecta Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for NOTONECTIDAE Latreille [1802]). Direction 109
NOTONECTIDAE Latreille [1802] (as NOTONECTARIAE), in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 253 (type genus: Notonecta Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for NOTONECTIDAE Latreille [1802]). Direction 109
Notonyx Milne Edwards 1873, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 268 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Notonyx nitidus Milne Edwards 1873, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 269) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37
Notophthalma Gray 1858, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 26: 138 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Notophthalmus Rafinesque 1820). Opinion 635
Notophthalmia Gray 1850, Cat. Bat. Grad. Brit. Mus.: 22 (an incorrect spelling for Notophthalmus Rafinesque 1820). Opinion 635
Notophthalmus Rafinesque 1820, Annals of Nature: 5 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Triturus miniatus Rafinesque 1820, Annals of Nature: 5) (a name selected by Baird 1850 (J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)1(4): 284) as first reviser, in preference to Diemictylus Rafinesque 1820) (Amphibia). Opinion 635
Notopthalmus Baird 1850, J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)1(4): 284 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Notophthalmus Rafinesque 1820). Opinion 635
Notopus de Haan [1841], in Siebold, Fauna japon. (Crust.) (5): 137, 138, 139 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Cancer dorsipes Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 630) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 688
Notornis Owen 1848, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 16: 2 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Notornis mantellii Owen 1848, Trans. zool. Soc. London, 3(5): 347, pl. 56, figs. 7-13) (Aves). Opinion 67
Notostomus Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 7 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Notostomus gibbosus Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 7) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Notoxus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 356 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considerations générales sur ... les classes des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes, p. 430: Attelabus monoceros Linnaeus 1761) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
Notropis Rafinesque 1818, Amer. mon. Mag. crit. Rev., 2: 204 (gender, by ruling under the plenary power: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque 1818, Amer. mon. Mag. crit. Rev., 2: 204) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1230
novacula Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Coryphaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 262 (specific name of the type species of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1799
novae Guineae Latham 1790 [originally in Perdix], Index orn., 2: 655 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 684
novae Guineae Gmelin [1789] [originally in Tetrao], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 746 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 684
novaehollandiae Latham 1801 [originally in Cereopsis], Index orn., Suppl.: lxvii (specific name of the type species of Cereopsis Latham 1801) (Aves). Direction 43
novaehollandiae Latham 1790 [originally in Muscicapa], Index orn.: 478 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 410
novaezealandiae Owen 1843 [originally in Dinornis], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 11: 8, 10, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Lydekker 1891 (Cat. foss. Birds Brit. Mus.: 224 (footnote), 227) (Aves). Opinion 229
novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Dasypus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 51 (specific name of the type species of Dasypus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Opinion 1926
novemdecos Sulzer 1776 [originally in Cancer], Abgekürtze Gesch. Ins.: 265 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 522
noxius Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cancer], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 55 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380