And Annularia - which is a snail, a plant, AND a fungus! Beat that.
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>It seems that this binomen is applied to a species of flowering plant, possibly
>a cactus. Genera with exactly the same names (homonyms) are forbidden in
>zoological nomenclature but may exist in both the animal and plant kingdoms.
>Aside from Polymita, another example is Ficus.
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G. Thomas Watters, PhD
Curator of Molluscs
Museum of Biological Diversity
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
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