@article {375, title = {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)}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {78}, year = {2021}, month = {8}, pages = {112-130}, type = {Case}, chapter = {112}, 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.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Nemertea, Reptilia, Pilidiophora, Squamata, Heteronemertea, Serpentes, Elapoidea, Lineidae, ELAPIDAE, Micrurinae, suppression of senior homonym, ribbon worm, coral snake, America}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-78/issue-2/bzn.v78.a027/Case-3850--Micruridae-Dunn-1931-Reptilia-Serpentes-and-Lineidae/10.21805/bzn.v78.a027.full}, author = {Kajihara, Hiroshi and Smith, Eric N} }