@article {54, title = {Case 3690: Alabina Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea): proposed designation of the type species}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {72}, number = {3}, year = {3690}, month = {9}, pages = {196{\textendash}200}, type = {Case}, chapter = {196}, abstract = {

The purpose of this application, under Articles 65.2.2 and 70.2 of the Code, is to fix\ Alaba cerithidioides\ Dall, 1889\ as type species of\ Alabina, as originally intended by Dall.\ Alabina\ Dall, 1902\ (Gastropoda), is a replacement name for\ Elachista\ Dall \& Simpson, 1901, non\ Elachista\ Treitschke, 1833 (Insecta). The name\ Elachista\ was introduced inadvertently a few weeks before its intended publication, with the consequence that its type species by monotypy is\ Bittium californicum\ Dall \& Bartsch, 1901. Dall had intended it to be\ Alaba cerithidioides\ Dall, 1889, and he cited that species as type of\ Alabina\ in several publications.\ Bittium californicum\ Dall \& Bartsch, 1901, and\ Alaba cerithidioides\ Dall, 1889, are not congeneric and not even confamilial.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, ALABINIDAE, Alabina, Alaba cerithidioides, gastropods, western Atlantic}, author = {Bouchet, P and Strong, EE} }