CONCH-L Archives

Conchologists List

CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Mime-Version:
1.0
Sender:
Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Taxonomy question
From:
Gary Rosenberg <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:24:31 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Reply-To:
Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (16 lines) 
At 11:47 AM 6/2/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Do the rules of taxonomy allow for generic names that are identical
>except for the gender-specific suffix?
 
Yes, Article 56b of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature says
"Even if the difference between two genus-group names is only one letter,
these names are not homonyms."
 
Gary
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D.                     [log in to unmask]
Malacology & Invertebrate Paleontology    gopher://erato.acnatsci.org
Academy of Natural Sciences               http://www.acnatsci.org
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway            Phone 215-299-1033
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 USA           Fax   215-299-1170

ATOM RSS1 RSS2