Case 3717 — xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera)

Eugene V. Coan

doi:10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a4

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Eugene V. Coan¹

¹Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2259 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105,

Abstract

The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the family-group names xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera), which are homonyms due to the similarity of the names of their respective type genera Xylophaga Turton, 1822 and Xylophagus Meigen, 1803. It is proposed that the stem of the generic name Xylophaga be emended to Xylophaga- to give xylophagaidae, while leaving the fly family name unaltered.

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Eugene V. Coan "Case 3717 — xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera)," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 73(2-4), 103-105, (1 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a4

Published: 1 March 2017

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Bivalvia

Diptera

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Nemotelus cinctus

nomenclature

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Teredo dorsalis

wood-boring

Xylophaga

xylophagaidae

xylophagidae

Xylophagus

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