International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
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Osachila Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 154 (gender: feminine) (typespecies, by monotypy: Osachila tuberosa Stimpson [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 154) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
osceola Stejneger 1918 [originally in Chelydra], Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 31: 89, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific names of Chelydra laticarinata Hay 1916 and Chelydra sculpta Hay 1916 whenever it is considered to be a synonym of either of them (Reptilia, Testudines). Opinion 1377
Oscillaria Laveran [May] 1881, Nature parasit. Accidents Impaludisme: 87 (a junior homonym of Oscillaria Schrank 1823). Opinion 283
Oscinella Becker 1909, Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie, I. Teil, Palaearktisches Region. Archivum Zoologicum (Budapest), 1: 150 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Musca frit Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 598) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1100, ICZN 2014: Opinion 2336
osgoodi Hannibal & Feldmann 1983 [originally in Chagrinichnites], Journal of Paleontology, 57: 706 (Trace fossil, arthropod). Opinion 1520
Osilinus Philippi 1847, Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 4: 19-20 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Trochus turbinatus Born 1778) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1930
OSMERIDAE Regan 1913, Trans. roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 49: 290 (type genus: Osmerus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 69
Osmerus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 310 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 310) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 77, Direction 69
Osmoderma Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville 1828, Latreille, Encyclopédie Methodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes. 10. Agasse, Paris, p. 702 (gender: neuter) (type species, by subsequent designation by MacLeay 1838, Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, p. 16: Scarabaeus eremita Scopoli 1763) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2186
ossifagus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Labrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 286 (a junior objective synonym of Labrus mixtus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1954
ossifragus, Labrus, Lönnberg 1896, Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 22(4, 1): 42 (a junior objective synonym of Labrus ossifagus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1954
Osteoglossum Cuvier 1829, Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée, Ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 328 (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Cuvier 1829) (Osteichthyes, Osteoglossiformes). Opinion 1621
OSTRACEA Blainville 1825, Man. Malac.: 519 (type genus: Ostrea Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for OSTREIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 356
Ostracia Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 92 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Ostracites Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 92 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
ostralegus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Haematopus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 152 (specific name of the type species of Haematopus Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 43
Ostrea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 696 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 699) (Bivalvia). Opinion 94
OSTREACIA Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 148 (type genus: Ostrea Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for OSTREIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 356
OSTREADAE Fleming 1828, Hist. brit. Anim.: 392 (type genus: Ostrea Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for OSTREIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 356
OSTREIDAE (correction of OSTREACIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 148 (type genus: Ostrea Linnaeus 1758) (Bivalvia). Opinion 356
Ostreigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
Ostreites Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 92 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Ostreum Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 143 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592