International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Ra
radiatus Gmelin [1791] [originally in Echinus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3174 (a junior objective synonym of striatoradiatus Leske 1778 [originally in Spatangus]). Opinion 321
radicana Heinrich 1923 [originally in Griselda], Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 123: 186, pl. 7, fig. 36, pl. 49, fig. 329 (ruled under the plenary power to be an available name) (specific name of the type species of Griselda Heinrich 1923) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 786
radicana Walsingham 1879 [originally in Paedisca], Illustr. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus., 4: 53, pl. 72, fig. 5 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 786
radicula Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Nautilus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 71 (specific name of the type species by selection by Children 1823 (Lamarck’s Genera of Shells: 149) of Nodosaria [Lamarck 1816]) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 1003
radigueli Bourguignat 1869 [originally in Lartetia], Cat. Moll. Paris: 16 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
Radiolichas Reed 1923, Geol. Mag., 60: 455 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Lichas aranea Holzapfel 1895, Abh. K.-preuss. geol. Landesanst., 16: 32) (Trilobita). Opinion 615
Radiolithigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
radix Gmelin [1791] [originally in Murex], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3527 (specific name of the type species of Muricanthus Swainson 1840) (Gastropoda). Opinion 886
raibeliana Boué 1835 [originally in Cryptina], Mém. Soc. géol. France, 2: 47, pl. 4, figs. 8a-f (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 919
Rallus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 153 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Fleming 1821 (Mem. werner. nat. Hist. Soc., 3: 176): Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 153) (Aves). Opinion 67
ramea Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Madrepora], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 797, as defined by the lectotype designated by Zibrowius 1980, Mémoires de l’Institut Océanographique (Monaco), 11: 169 (specific name of the type species of Dendrophyllia Blainville 1830) (Anthozoa). Opinion 2061
ramicornis Fabricius 1781 [originally in Ichneumon], Species insectorum, vol. 1, p. 441 (specific name of the type species of Eulophus Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1754
ramicornis Retzius 1783 [originally in Ichneumon aeneus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
ramicornis Retzius 1783 [originally in Ichneumon fuscus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
ramosa Phillips 1841 [originally in Caunopora] (Porifera). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2317
ramosus De Geer 1778 [originally in Monoculus pediculus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
ramosus De Geer 1778 [originally in Monoculus pulex] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
ramosus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Murex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 747 (specific name of the type species of Chicoreus Montfort 1810) (Gastropoda). Opinion 911
Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger 1843, Syst. Rept.: 24 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Typhlops multilineatus Schlegel 1839, Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien: 40) (Reptilia). Opinion 1207
Randallia Stimpson 1857 (February), Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 6: 85; id., post February 1857, Boston J. nat. Hist., 6 (No. 4): 471 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Ilia ornata Randall 1840, J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 129) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 73
Rangifer Gistl [1847], Handb. Naturgesch.: 430 (a junior homonym of Rangifer Smith 1827). Direction 24
Rangifer Smith 1827, in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm. Syn.: 304 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Elliot 1901 (Field Mus. Publ. (Zool.), 2: 35): Cervus tarandus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 67) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24
rangii d’Orbigny 1837 [originally in Holopus], Mag. Zool., 7: 6-8, pl. 3 (specific name of the type species of Holopus d’Orbigny 1837) (Crinoidea). Direction 73
rangoonensis Rathbun 1904 [originally in Potamon], Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, (4)6: 279 (specific name of the type species of Ranguna Bott 1966) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1640
Ranguna Bott 1966, Senckenbergiana biologica, 47(6): 481 (gender: feminine) (type species, confirmed by the Commission to be by original designation: Potamon rangoonenesis Rathbun 1904) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1640
Rantus Dejean 1833, Cat. Coléopt. (ed. 2): 54 (an incorrect original spelling for Rhantus Dejean 1833). Opinion 289
ranunculi De Geer 1775 [originally in Chrysomela marginella] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
rapax Milne Edwards 1830 [originally in Typhis], Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 20: 395 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Amphipoda). Opinion 1889
rapha Owen 1874 [originally in Procoptodon], Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 164: 788 (Mammalia). Opinion 1993
Raphistoma Hall 1847, Nat. Hist. New York (Pal.), 1: 28 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: neuter) (type species, by designation by de Koninck 1881 (Ann. Mus. roy. Hist. nat. Belg. (Sér. paléont.), 6: 107): Maclurea striatus Emmons 1842, Nat. Hist. New York (Geol.) (2 dist.): 312) (Gastropoda). Opinion 225
Raphistoma Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 89 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 225
raricostatus Zieten [1831] [originally in Ammonites], Verstein. Würtemb. (3): 18, pl. 13, fig. 4 (specific name of the type species of Echioceras Bayle 1878) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
Rasenia Salfeld 1913, Quart. J. geol. Soc. London, 69: 429 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Rasenia involuta Spath 1935, Meddelelser Grønland, 99 (No. 2): 48, pl. 10, figs. 5a, 5b) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 426
RASENIINAE Schindewolf 1925, Neues Jahrb. Min., 52 (Abt. B): 333 (type genus: Rasenia Salfeld 1913) for use by those who consider that Rasenia Salfeld and Pictonia Bayle 1878 belong to different family-group taxa (Cephalopoda). Direction 14
rathkii Krøyer 1841 [originally in Cuma], Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 3(6): 513, as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. ZMUC-CRU-7936 in the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen) designated by Gerken, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 58: 305 (specific name of the type species of Diastylis Say 1818) (Cumacea). Opinion 2020
Rathumoutes Templeton 1843, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 3(4): 306 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 435
ratna Fruhstorfer 1908 [originally in Celaenorrhinus sumitra], Entomologische Zeitschrift, 22: 49 Opinion 2193
Ratton Brants 1827, Der Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld (Berlin): 184 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1232
rauca Fabricius 1787 [originally in Buprestis], Mantissa insectorum ..., vol. 1, p. 177 (senior synonym of Buprestis geminatus Illiger 1803) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
rava Hinds 1843 [originally in Clavatula], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1843: 39 (specific name of the type species of Clathurella Carpenter 1857) (Gastropoda). Opinion 666