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ICZN; International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature. (1959). Opinion 558. Rejection for nomenclatorial purposes of the work entitled "Testacea minuta rariora" by William Boys as augmented by George Walker published in 1784. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature. 20(25): 277-282.
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ICZN; International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature
1959
Opinion 558. Rejection for nomenclatorial purposes of the work entitled "Testacea minuta rariora" by William Boys as augmented by George Walker published in 1784.
Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature
20(25): 277-282
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb), Contains Serpula names
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"RULING :-(1) It is hereby ruled (a) that in the work entitled "Testacea Minuta Rariora" published in London in 1784 the joint authors William Boys and George Walker did not apply the principles of binominal nomenclature and therefore (b) that no name published in this work acquired thereby the status of availability. (2) The title of the under-mentioned work is hereby placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature (a) endorsed as specified in (I) above and (b) with the Title Number 62 :- Boys (W.) & Walker (G.), [1784], Testacea Minuta Rariora ... , London.
I. THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On 16th February 1957, Dr. Henning Lemche (Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen) submitted an application for a Ruling by the Commission that the work by William Boys and George Walker published in London in 1784 under the title "Testacea Minuta Rariora " was not available for the purposes of zoological nomenclature, the above authors not having applied the principles of binominal nomenclature. The need for a Ruling on this subject had then recently come to light in the course of the investigation of the problems involved in connection with the name Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803, a case on which also Dr. Lemche had submitted an application to the Commission
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Serpula bicornis Adams, 1798 accepted as Adelosina bicornis (Walker & Jacob, 1798) (status source)
Serpula incurvata Adams, 1798 accepted as Spirorbis incurvatus Turton, 1802 (status source)
Serpula lactea Adams, 1798 accepted as Laryngosigma lactea (Walker & Jacob, 1798) (status source)
Serpula perforata Adams, 1798 (status source)
Serpula retorta Adams, 1798 (status source)
Serpula sulcata Adams, 1798 accepted as Lagena sulcata (Walker & Jacob, 1798) (status source)
Serpula incurvata Adams, 1798 accepted as Spirorbis incurvatus Turton, 1802 (status source)
Serpula lactea Adams, 1798 accepted as Laryngosigma lactea (Walker & Jacob, 1798) (status source)
Serpula perforata Adams, 1798 (status source)
Serpula retorta Adams, 1798 (status source)
Serpula sulcata Adams, 1798 accepted as Lagena sulcata (Walker & Jacob, 1798) (status source)
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the name incurvata has a confusing history, and has been attributed to Fleming, Turton, Montagu or Walker. ... [details]
