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Marcela Lucero <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi,
Im interested in knowing the geographic distribution of the family
Fissurellidae. Are they endemic from the Pacific Ocean?
Thanks,
Marcela

Andy Rindsberg wrote:

>Art and Olivier,
>
>Hybrids have no status under the International Code of Zoological
>Nomenclature (http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp), but the International
>Code of Botanical Nomenclature does accommodate them. Here are the relevant
>parts of the ICZN:
>
>Article 17. Names found to denote more than one taxon, or taxa of hybrid
>origin, or based on parts or stages of animals or on unusual specimens. The
>availability of a name is not affected even if
>
>17.1. it is found that the original description or name-bearing type
>specimen(s) relates to more than one taxon, or to parts of animals belonging
>to more than one taxon; or
>
>17.2. it is applied to a taxon known, or later found, to be of hybrid origin
>(see also Article 23.8); or
>
>17.3. it is based on only part of an animal, or one sex, or one stage in the
>life cycle, or one of several dissimilar generations, or one morph or caste
>of a polymorphic species, or a parthenogenetic form, or a specimen which is
>an unusual example of the taxon (for exclusions see Articles 1.3 and 45.6).
>
>23.8. Application to species-group names established on hybrids. A
>species-group name established for an animal later found to be a hybrid
>[Art. 17] must not be used as the valid name for either of the parental
>species, even if it is older than all other available names for them. Such a
>name may enter into homonymy. For names based on taxa which are of hybrid
>origin see Article 17.2.
>
>What all of this says is, "Don't give animal hybrids a new species name. If
>one is named accidentally, then stop using the name and don't use the same
>spelling for anything else in the future. But if an author takes a name
>based on a nonhybrid type and applies it to a hybrid, the name is still
>valid for the original, nonhybrid species."
>
>The rules for plants are quite different, but someone else will have to
>explain them.
>
>(Aside to Art: Hope you're doing well in the city of Sus alatus. If you have
>a hankering for sauerbraten, I highly recommend Ron's Roost in the Western
>Hills; they still ferment their beef the old-fashioned way.)
>
>All the best,
>Andy
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
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>Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:04 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: hybrids
>
>
>It seems to me that a "hybrid" may be either a "form of", a "sub-species",
>or a "freak". I would suspect FREAK untill many examples are found. At which
>point, the other two designations may be considered.
>    Art
>
>
>>From: Olivier Caro <[log in to unmask]>
>>Date: 2005/06/29 Wed PM 03:15:54 EDT
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: hybrids
>>
>>"hybridism": amalgamation of companies, development of a chimera,
>>all-directional fertilization, tea x coffee (P.I. Tchaikovsky)! I
>>suspect hybridism to open the door of a strange house.
>>
>>What is (or are) the acknowledged sense(s) of this word: hybrid (in
>>plants_veget. not bizness_, in seashells)... ? Relationship between
>>"hybrid" and "species"... ? In other words, what is the place of a
>>hybrid in a systema naturae ?
>>
>>Olivier Caro
>>
>>
>>
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