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Case 3771: Stylina Lamarck, 1816 (Coelenterata, Scleractinia): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stylina insignis Fromentel, 1861 as type species and lectotype designation for it

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:12/2018
Authors: Zaman, S., Lathuilière, B.
Volume and Issue:75/
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Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coelenterata, Scleractinia, Stylinina, Stylinidae, Stylina, Stylina echinulata, Stylina insignis, Jurassic, Cretaceous, corals
Taxonomic Group(s): Coelenterata, Scleractinia
Abstract:

The purpose of this application under Article 81 of the Code is to conserve the name Stylina Lamarck, 1816 in its accustomed usage by designating a new type species Stylina insignis Fromentel, 1861 and to designate a lectotype. Stylina Lamarck, 1816 is a Mesozoic genus distributed worldwide that contains hundreds of species names. The genus is the nominate taxon of the Stylinidae and even the basis for the suborder Stylinina, but the type species Stylina echinulata Lamarck, 1816 cannot be identified.

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https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a047

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Opinions

Opinion 2478: Stylina Lamarck, 1816 (Coelenterata, Scleractinia): current usage conserved by designation of a type
species and corresponding lectotype
Status of Case:
Date Published:08/2021
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:78/
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coelenterata, Scleractinia, Stylinina, Stylinidae, Stylina, Stylina echinulata, Stylina insignis, Jurassic, Cretaceous, corals
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Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the generic name Stylina Lamarck, 1816 by designating a type species, Stylina insignis Fromentel, 1861, as well as a lectotype for the species.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a035

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