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Re: molluscan families and sub-families
From:
Constantine Mifsud <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:37:10 +0200
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G Thomas Watters wrote:

> >>To all interested in records. It would be interesting to know how many
> >>molluscan Families and sub-families actually embrace a single genus or
> >>even, a single species.
> >>
>
> Campanilidae has only Campanile symboliticum Iredale, 1917.
>
> And didn't Globularia fluctuata (Sowerby, 1825) get kicked out of Naticidae
> into its own family?
>

What makes these single species so special that they are allocated to a family
in their own right?Are there any special ICZN rules regarding the erection of
families and sub-families, especially when single species are concerned?
 --
Constantine Mifsud
4, Shepherds' Str.,
Rabat RBT 02,
MALTA.
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