BASTERIA, 65:147-149,
Notes
on
the
2001
and
systematics, morphology
of fossil
biostratigraphy
Mollusca, 11. Limacina Bosc, 1817: precedence
over
holoplanktonic
1817
Spiratella Blainville,
(Mollusca, Gastropoda: Euthecosomata)
Arie+W.
National
Museum of Natural
The
Janssen
History, Palaeontology Department,
Netherlands,
and
12,
Geologische Bundesanstalt, Rasumofskygasse 23,
should
words:
The nominal
onyms, both
Bosc
see
Limacina Bosc,
taxa
published
(1817:
Blainville (1817:
Spiratella
114)
are
but he
a
see
of the
papers
rarely
by
the
of
Some authors
Cuvier
was
to
to
name
Spiratella,
For No.
to
as
see
junior
name
future
description,
(1819: 291).
which
came
1934: 176; Pruvot-Fol,
name
47-50,
reference
as
well
in
Limacina,
&
(1819).
and the
as
to
a
of
type
Vayssiere
from vari-
Deshayes (1829: 576).
among
palaeontologists
Souleyet, 1840),
where-
knew Blainville's 1817
paper
introduction of Limacina,
Lamarck
2001
especially
Spirialis Eydoux
(1817)
by
out
1954:
announcement
Spiratella. Apart
also be found
(1959: 48)
by
16),
11; 1913:
the author of
popular
synonym
of
designation
Lamarck
who introduced the
(1904:
as
may
became
syn-
‘clio helicina’. The latter author intro-
a
valid introduction
Limacina. Zilch
Basteria 65:
subsequent
species by
(e.g. Collins,
well. Tesch
but overlooked Bosc's
10 in this series
objective
'Les Limacines'.
a
Blainville, 1824,
name
to
of
the
are
type species. For Limacina,
Lamarck, 1819. Blainville's
although
he considered to have been introduced
1
of Limacina
synonym
unnoted among contemporaneous workers
Spiratella
used the
the type
(1817: 380)
name
attributed
Spiratella,
referred
as
407), referring
virtually
also used its
biologists
and used
Vienna, Austria
nomenclature.
same
helicine' and
announcement
Blainville himself the
(who frequently
most
went
still referred
Subsequently,
as
that it
generally
description
was
an
Clio
Phipps, 1774,
used the vernacular
1817 paper
(1915: 122),
in
284).
1824:
opinion
Limacina was
species,
Clio helicina
Spiratella
exclusively
future
ous
,
name
(Blainville,
Bosc's
genus
Leiden,
Malta
1817, and Spiratella Blainville, 1817,
'le
42), indicating
For
1824
1031
junior objective
a
in December 1817 and with the
=
in
considered
A
Gastropoda, Euthecosomata, Limacina, Spiratella,
Limacina helicialis
duced the
Gozo,
1817.
Bosc,
Key
be
Box 9517, NL 2300 RA
110,
Irene Zorn
&
Spiratella Blainville, 1817,
E O.
VCT
Triq tal'Hamrija, Xewkija
a
name
which
BASTERIA,
148
Curry (1981)
were
Blainville's
of
We
enough
not
is
to
prefer
publication
last
day
registered
was
paper
de Blainville,
Spiratella
to us
the conclusion that both
in December 1817 and in fact
consulted the archives of the
having
er.
came to
published
apply
of the month. In this
In these circumstances the
Art. 24).
As
Limacina
far
we
as
Bosc,
1817,
and
as
(Paris),
Curry
4329,
no.
in which
noted that
1817. This, however,
publication
but
year,
be
to
earli-
published
was
that when month and
not
adopted
day
is the
31 December 1817 for both papers.
case,
is fixed
priority
name
determine,
can
indicating
type species. After
same
Limacina Bosc,
over
demonstrated the date of
or
the
demonstrate which of these papers
ICZN Art. 21.3.1
specified
are
on
and Bosc's
4044
no.
based
Nationale de France
Bibliotheque
1817, thus had priority
definitely
to
as
Blainville' and ‘Limacina Bosc'
‘Spiratella
were
Vol. 65, No. 4-6, 2001
der
van
by
Spiratella Blainville,
(ICZN
action of the First Reviser
Spoel (1967)
the first
was
the
1817, accepting
Therefore, Spiratella Blainville, 1817, should be considered
a
to
refer
former
junior objective
to
as
both
valid.
synonym
of
Limacina Bosc, 1817.
of the
Acceptance
ily
1921:
We
Limacina
name
Limacinidae (Gray,
name
the valid
as
1840: 144,
151),
taxon
is in agreement with the valid fam-
which has
priority
over
Spiratellidae (Dall,
58).
grateful
are
Nomenclature
to
Dr.
K. Tubbs of the International Commission
Philip
for valuable advice and discussion. Dr.
(London, UK),
(Paris, France),
Bruce Marshall
(Wellington,
New
Richard Petit
Zealand),
on
Zoological
Philippe
Bouchet
(North Myrtle
Beach, USA), Dr. Timothy A. Pierce (Wilmington, USA) and Professor Dave H. Williams
(Orlando,
USA)
reacted
on
draft
a
Dr.
[email protected].
the
improved
of
the
present
W.M.
John
Jagt
distributed
paper
the
(Venlo,
on
Netherlands)
English.
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