The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name of the well-known species Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1849), a common marine gastropod from southern New Zealand and Macquarie Island. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 which has been mentioned very rarely since its first publication. Precedence of the name Trochus capillaceusPhilippi, 1849 over Trochus episcopus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 is proposed.
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1 May 2017
Case 3706 — Trochus (Osilinus ?) Capillaceus Philippi, 1849 (currently Cantharidus capillaceus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name
Bruce A. Marshall ,
Alan G. Beu ,
Winston F. Ponder ,
Hamish G. Spencer ,
Kerry Walton ,
Richard C. Willan
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Cantharidus
Gastropoda
Micrelenchus
Mollusca
New Zealand
nomenclature
Photinula