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Case 3850: Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed suppression for removal of homonymy with Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes), as well as for conservation of prevailing usage of Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora)

Status of Case:Open Cases
Date Published:08/2021
Authors: Kajihara, H., Smith, E. N.
Volume and Issue:78/
Pagination:112-130
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Nemertea, Reptilia, Pilidiophora, Squamata, Heteronemertea, Serpentes, Elapoidea, Lineidae, ELAPIDAE, Micrurinae, suppression of senior homonym, ribbon worm, coral snake, America
Taxonomic Group(s): Nemertea, Pilidiophora, Reptilia, Serpentes
Abstract:

The purposes of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 55.3.1 of the Code, are to conserve the current usage of (1) the family-group name Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes) for a family (sometimes treated as a subfamily) of New World coral snakes that frequently appear in literature pertaining not only to certain fields of herpetology but also to emergency medical care in Latin America; and (2) the nemertean family-group name Lineidae McIntosh, 1874, by suppression of their senior homonym/ synonym Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora). The nemertean taxon Micrurinae was recognised as a subfamily of Lineidae until the early 20th century, but not since at least the 1970s. Afterwards, at the rank of family, Micruridae was used to refer to a differently constituted nemertean taxon in three ecological works published between 1998 and 2009.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a027

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