The following Cases are now closed:

Case 2870: Xerophila geyeri Soós, 1926 (currently Trochoidea geyeri; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of the specific name. Edmund Gittenberger. (Acknowledgement of receipt published in BZN 50 (1): 2; Case published in BZN 51 (2): 105; Comments published in BZN 51(4): 336; 338, 52 (2): 176, 52 (3): 259, 52 (4): 331, 53 (1): 43; 43.). Following discussion within the Commission that the application is now obsolete due to a transfer in the generic classification of Xerophila geyeri Soós, 1926 from Trochoidea Brown, 1827 to Xerocrassa Monterosato, 1892 in 1995, the Case is now closed.

Case 3764: Cuvierina columnella, C. atlantica, C. spoeli (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Euthecosomata). Jeannine Rampal. (Acknowledgement of receipt published in BZN 75: 3; Case not published). Following discussion with the author, the Case is now closed.

Case 3814: Proposed conservation of usage of the name Mylothris agathina Cramer, 1779 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Haydon Warren-Gash. (Acknowledgement of receipt published in BZN 76: 166; Case not published). Following discussion with the author, the Case is now closed.

Case 3817: Turdus ustulatus Nuttall, 1840 (currently Catharus ustulatus; Aves, Passeriformes, Turdidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by designation of a neotype. Matthew R. Halley. (Acknowledgement of receipt published in BZN 76: 166; Case not published). Following discussion with the author, the Case is now closed. .

"Closure of Cases (2870, 3764, 3814, 3817)," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 77(1), 156, (30 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a051
Published: 30 December 2020
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