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Rectification of nomenclature for Melagraphia aethiops (Gmelin) and Diloma bicanaliculata (Dunker) (Mollusca: Trochidae) |
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| Authors: | R C Willan B A Marshall F M Climo W O Cernohorsky |
| Institution: | 1. National Museum of New Zealand , Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand;2. Department of Zoology , University of Queensland , St Lucia, Queensland, 4067, Australia;3. National Museum of New Zealand , Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand;4. Auckland Institute and Museum , Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Abstract: | Alterations to nomenclature for two common intertidal New Zealand ‘top shells’ necessitated by re‐examination of type material have been confused by ambiguities in the way the alterations were first presented. We draw attention to recent misinterpretations and clarify the nomenclature. Condensed synonymies that indicate names used for each species during the interregnum are given, allowing papers dealing with these trochids to be read without uncertainty as to which species were really meant by the authors. |
| Keywords: | Trochidae Melagraphia aethiops Diloma bicanaliculata nomenclature |