Actually, I was wrong on my last message about
the family ending in botany, which in most cases
ends in -aceae (with an additional "e" at the
end). My apologies for this mistake.
Best,
José
At 09:55 AM 05/16/06, you wrote:
>Andy,
>
>The old ending -acea for zoological superfamilies
>was the same as the ending -acea for family names
>in botany. I have a vague recollection that this
>is the main reason why the commission went for
>the change. Someone on the list may have more
>detailed information about this. The 1961 edition
>of the code already brought a recommendation on
>it; I do not have copy of the 1985 code but
>suspect that it became mandatory with that edition.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>José
>
>
>At 09:28 AM 05/16/06, you wrote:
>>Dick,
>>
>>Why was the change made from -acea to -oidea? The ending -oidea is so
>>similar to others (-idae, -ida) that a series of near-homonyms are generated
>>automatically in the vernacular (lingulids, lingulides, linguloids). Was the
>>proposer just trying to be tidy?
>>
>>I suspect that the Commission did not consider the need to avoid homonymy
>>between the names of genera and families to be very important, because
>>humans would be likely to understand the difference from the context,
>>especially as generic names are usually italicized. However, computers are
>>not intelligent and they are very likely to confuse the two Trochoidea in
>>databases.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Andrew
>>
>>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>Richard Petit
>>Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:23 PM
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>>Subject: Re: Trochoidea paper
>>
>>The correct ending for a superfamily name is -oidea. The ending -acea is no
>>longer acceptable (see Article 29.2).
>>
>>The fact that a genus-group name has an -oidea termination does not
>>invalidate it. However, the Code does not address homonomy between
>>family-group names and genus-group names.
>>
>>I would suggest that an inquiry be directed to the Secretariat. Lots of
>>luck getting a response.
>>
>>dick p.
>>
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