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1 September 2015 Opinion 2363 (Case 3609)
Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, enidae): specific name conserved
Abstract

The Commission has ruled under the plenary power that the specific name of the terrestrial snail Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (currently Brephulopsis cylindrica, enidae) is available despite being originally published as a junior primary homonym of Bulimus cylindricus Gray, 1825 (currently classified in the genus Macroceramus, urocoptidae).

"Opinion 2363 (Case 3609)
Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, enidae): specific name conserved," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(3), 229-230, (1 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a8
Published: 1 September 2015
KEYWORDS
Brephulopsis
Brephulopsis cylindrica
Bulimus
Bulimus cylindricus
Caribbean
enidae
Europe
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