@article {14, title = {Vaginulus F{\'e}russac, 1822, not Vaginula auctt. is the valid name for a genus of slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Systellommatophora, Veronicellidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {78}, year = {2021}, month = {12}, type = {Case}, chapter = {219}, abstract = {

There has been, and to some extent remains, confusion over the valid genus name for a group of slugs in the family\ Veronicellidae, either\ Vaginulus\ F{\'e}russac, 1822 or\ Vaginula\ auctt., often cited as of\ Berthold, 1827\ or sometimes as of\ Blainville, 1828. We show that\ Vaginula\ was first made available as an emendation of\ Vaginulus\ F{\'e}russac by\ Hoffman in 1925\ (Article 33.2.1 of the Code) and that all previous usages of the name were therefore incorrect subsequent spellings. However, Hoffman{\textquoteright}s emendation was unjustified (Art. 33.2.3).\ Vaginulus\ F{\'e}russac is the valid name and\ Vaginula\ Hoffman is a junior objective synonym.\ Vaginula\ Hoffman is also a junior homonym of\ Vaginula\ Risso, 1826\ (Protozoa, Foraminifera) and of\ Vaginula\ Sowerby, 1833\ (Gastropoda, Pteropoda).

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Gastropoda, Systellommatophora, Veronicellidae, vaginula, Vaginulus, slug, tropical, subtropical}, author = {Cowie, Robert H and Sajan, Sheikh and Tripathy, Basudev and Evenhuis, Neal L} }