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International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

Index International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. [1]

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  1. 142 relations: Abronia, Adjective, African bush elephant, African wild ass, Allis shad, Animal, Animal name changes in Turkey, Anodonta, Aplexa, Aplexa hypnorum, Arachnid, Argas, Argulus, Argura, Atlantic mackerel, Author citation (zoology), Available name, Banded penguin, Beaver, Betousa, Binomial nomenclature, Biodiversity informatics, Botanical nomenclature, British Science Association, Bulimina, Buliminus, Burchell's zebra, Buru babirusa, Candidula, Candidula unifasciata, Carl Linnaeus, Case law, Cat, Catocala epione, Cerambyx, Chamois, Clariaidae, Clarias, Convention (norm), Declana, Depressed river mussel, Echidna, Emendation (zoology), Equus (genus), Erygia, Eurasian beaver, Ex post facto law, Family (biology), Foraminifera, Galba, ... Expand index (92 more) »

  2. Nomenclature codes

Abronia

Abronia may refer to.

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Adjective

An adjective (abbreviated adj.) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.

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African bush elephant

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three extant elephant species.

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African wild ass

The African wild ass (Equus africanus) or African wild donkey is a wild member of the horse family, Equidae.

See International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and African wild ass

Allis shad

The allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the Alosidae family.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Animal name changes in Turkey

The animal name changes in Turkey is the revision of taxonomic nomenclature of three subspecies by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and animal name changes in Turkey are zoological nomenclature.

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Anodonta

Anodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Aplexa

Aplexa is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae.

See International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and Aplexa

Aplexa hypnorum

Aplexa hypnorum, or by the common name, the moss bladder snail, is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae, a family which are sometimes known as the bladder snails.

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Arachnid

Arachnids are arthropods in the class Arachnida of the subphylum Chelicerata.

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Argas

Argas is a genus of tick.

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Argulus

Argulus is a genus of fish lice in the family Argulidae.

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Argura

Argura (Ἄργουρα), called Argissa (Ἄργισσα) in Homer's Iliad, was a town and polis (city-state) in Pelasgiotis in ancient Thessaly, on the Peneus, and near Larissa.

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Atlantic mackerel

The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), also known as Boston mackerel, Norwegian mackerel, Scottish mackerel or just mackerel, is a species of mackerel found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern Atlantic Ocean, where it is extremely common and occurs in huge shoals in the epipelagic zone down to about.

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Author citation (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, author citation is the process in which a person is credited with the creation of the scientific name of a previously unnamed taxon. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and author citation (zoology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Available name

In zoological nomenclature, an available name is a scientific name for a taxon of animals that has been published after 1757 and conforming to all the mandatory provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature for the establishment of a zoological name. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and available name are zoological nomenclature.

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Banded penguin

The banded penguins are penguins that belong to the genus Spheniscus.

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Beaver

Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Betousa

Betousa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1865.

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Binomial nomenclature

In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Biodiversity informatics

Biodiversity informatics is the application of informatics techniques to biodiversity information, such as taxonomy, biogeography or ecology.

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Botanical nomenclature

Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants.

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British Science Association

The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.

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Bulimina

Bulimina is a genus of foraminifers belonging to the family Buliminidae.

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Buliminus

Buliminus, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.

See International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and Buliminus

Burchell's zebra

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) is a southern subspecies of the plains zebra.

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Buru babirusa

The Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) is a wild pig-like animal native to the Indonesian islands of Buru, the two Sula Islands of Mangole and Taliabu.

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Candidula

Candidula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,.

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Candidula unifasciata

Candidula unifasciata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Case law

Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is a law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than law based on constitutions, statutes, or regulations.

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Cat

The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.

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Catocala epione

Catocala epione, the Epione underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

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Cerambyx

Cerambyx is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).

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Chamois

The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus.

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Clariaidae

Clariaidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.

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Clarias

Clarias is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.

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Convention (norm)

A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom.

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Declana

Declana is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae that is endemic to New Zealand.

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Depressed river mussel

The depressed river mussel or compressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Echidna

Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae, living in Australia and New Guinea.

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Emendation (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, emendations are intentional alterations made to the spelling of taxon names. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and emendation (zoology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Equus (genus)

Equus is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.

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Erygia

America is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

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Eurasian beaver

The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020.

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Ex post facto law

An ex post facto law is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Foraminifera

Foraminifera (Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of Rhizarian protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an external shell (called a "test") of diverse forms and materials.

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Galba

Galba (born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69.

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Galba truncatula

Galba truncatula is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

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Gastropoda

Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and Genus are zoological nomenclature.

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Giraffe

The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa.

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Giraffidae

The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids.

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Grandidier's trident bat

Grandidier's trident bat (Paratriaenops auritus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae endemic to Madagascar.

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Helisoma

Helisoma is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

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Helix (gastropod)

Helix is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to the western Palaearctic and characterized by a globular shell.

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Homonym (biology)

In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and homonym (biology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Hugh Edwin Strickland

Hugh Edwin Strickland (2 March 1811 – 14 September 1853) was an English geologist, ornithologist, naturalist and systematist.

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Human

Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.

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Incorrect subsequent spelling

In zoological nomenclature, an incorrect subsequent spelling is a name whose spelling has been unjustifiably and unintentionally changed from the original. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and incorrect subsequent spelling are zoological nomenclature.

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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants

The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN or ICNafp) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants are nomenclature codes.

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International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are nomenclature codes and zoological nomenclature.

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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature are zoological nomenclature.

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International Society of Zoological Sciences

The International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS) was founded to encourage research, education, and communication in zoology.

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International Union of Biological Sciences

The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) is a non-profit organization and non-governmental organization, founded in 1919, that promotes biological sciences internationally.

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Irdex

Irdex is a genus of earwigs belonging to the subfamily Spongiphorinae.

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ISBN

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique.

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ISSN

An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication (periodical), such as a magazine.

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Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber

Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (17 January 1739 in Weißensee, Thuringia – 10 December 1810 in Erlangen), often styled J.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.

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King penguin

The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leiostyla

Leiostyla is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.

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Limacus

Limacus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the short-keeled slugs.

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Limacus maculatus

Limacus maculatus, the green cellar slug or Irish yellow slug, is a species of slug native to the Caucasus and Black Sea coast.

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Limax

Limax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae.

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Limax maximus

Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs.

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List of authors of names published under the ICZN

This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new taxa under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

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Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster (Uilebheist Loch Nis), affectionately known as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

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Locusta

Locusta or Lucusta (died 69), was a notorious maker of poisons in the 1st-century Roman Empire, active in the final two reigns of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Mayfly

Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.

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Meerkat

The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa.

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Merlangius

Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting or merling, is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea.

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Microcondylaea

Microcondylaea is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Microcondylaea bonellii

Microcondylaea bonellii is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Unionidae.

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Migratory locust

The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) is the most widespread locust species, and the only species in the genus Locusta.

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Mionochroma elegans

Mionochroma elegans is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

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Moray eel

Moray eels, or Muraenidae, are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide.

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Mountain zebra

The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is a zebra species in the family Equidae, native to southwestern Africa.

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Multidentula

Multidentula is a genus of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.

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Name-bearing type

Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Code), the name-bearing type or onomatophore is the biological type that determines the application of a name. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and name-bearing type are zoological nomenclature.

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Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.

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Noctua (moth)

Noctua (Latin for "little owl") is a genus of moths.

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Nomen dubium

In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and nomen dubium are zoological nomenclature.

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Nomen nudum

In taxonomy, a nomen nudum ('naked name'; plural nomina nuda) is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate description. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and nomen nudum are zoological nomenclature.

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Nomen oblitum

In zoological nomenclature, a nomen oblitum (plural: nomina oblita; Latin for "forgotten name") is a disused scientific name which has been declared to be obsolete (figuratively "forgotten") in favour of another "protected" name. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and nomen oblitum are zoological nomenclature.

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Northern giraffe

The northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), also known as three-horned giraffe,Linnaeus, C. (1758).

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Omphiscola

Omphiscola is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae.

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Omphiscola glabra

Omphiscola glabra, commonly known as the pond mud snail, is a species of small to medium-size, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.

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Opinion 2027

Opinion 2027 is a 2003 ruling of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) concerning the conservation of 17 species names of wild animals with domestic derivatives. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and Opinion 2027 are zoological nomenclature.

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Organism

An organism is defined in a medical dictionary as any living thing that functions as an individual.

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Pérola

Pérola is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.

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Penguin

Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae of the order Sphenisciformes.

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Priority (biology)

Priority in biology is a taxonomic principle by which a valid scientific name is established based on the oldest available name. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and Priority (biology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Pseudanodonta

Pseudanodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Ranoidea

The Ranoidea are a superfamily of frogs in the order Anura.

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Ranoidea (genus)

Ranoidea is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.

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Retrospective

A retrospective (from Latin, "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past.

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Rothschild's giraffe

Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) is an ecotype of the Nubian giraffe.

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Rupicapra

Rupicapra is a genus of goat-antelope called the chamois.

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Snowy owl

The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, is a large, white owl of the true owl family.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and species are zoological nomenclature.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and specific name (zoology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Speckled hummingbird

The speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), is a species of hummingbird.

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Stellognatha maculata

Stellognatha maculata is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

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Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and subgenus are zoological nomenclature.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and subspecies are zoological nomenclature.

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Subspecific name

In zoological nomenclature, a subspecific name is the third part of a trinomen. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and subspecific name are zoological nomenclature.

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Succinea

Succinea, common name the amber snails, is a large genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae.

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Succinea putris

Succinea putris is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

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Succinella oblonga

Succinella oblonga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae.

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Swan mussel

The swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea, is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and taxon are zoological nomenclature.

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Taxonomic rank

In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and taxonomic rank are zoological nomenclature.

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Taxonomy (biology)

In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.

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Theodoxus

Theodoxus is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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Theodoxus fluviatilis

Theodoxus fluviatilis, common name the river nerite, is a species of small freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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Trabala

Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.

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Trinomial nomenclature

In biology, trinomial nomenclature is the system of names for taxa below the rank of species.

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Trochulus caelatus

Trochulus caelatus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

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Tundra wolf

The tundra wolf (Canis lupus albus), also known as the Turukhan wolf,Mech, L. David (1981),, University of Minnesota Press, p. 353, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Eurasia's tundra and forest-tundra zones from Finland to the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Turcozonites

Turcozonites is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Zonitidae.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and type (biology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Type genus

In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and type genus are zoological nomenclature.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and type species are zoological nomenclature.

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Valid name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the valid name of a taxon is the correct scientific name for that taxon. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and valid name (zoology) are zoological nomenclature.

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Valvata

Valvata is a genus of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

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Valvata cristata

Valvata cristata is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

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Wildcat

The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the African wildcat (F. lybica).

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ZooBank

ZooBank is an open access website intended to be the official International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) registry of zoological nomenclature. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and ZooBank are zoological nomenclature.

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Zoology

ZoologyThe pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon.

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See also

Nomenclature codes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature

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