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Cases 3800-Present

Case 3801: Procheneosaurus Matthew, 1920 and Tetragonosaurus Parks, 1931 (Archosauria, Ornithischia): request to set aside Opinion 193 and remove Procheneosaurus from the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, and Tetragonosaurus from the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology.

Case 3803: Coelosaurus Leidy, 1865 (Dinosauria, Theropoda) and Ischyrosaurus Hulke, 1874 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed conservation by suppression of Coelosaurus Owen, 1854 and Ischyrosaurus Cope, 1869

Case 3810: Mastodon pentelici Gaudry, 1862 (currently Choerolophodon pentelici; Mammalia, Proboscidea): proposed conservation of the specific name as correct original spelling by suppression of Mastodon pentelicus Gaudry & Lartet, 1856

Case 3811: Proposal to remove Aplysia spuria Krauss, 1848 (Gastropoda, Aplysiidae) from the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology.

Case 3814: Proposed conservation of usage of the name Mylothris agathina Cramer, 1779 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Case 3816: Anisoscelis Berthold, 1827 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coreidae): proposed conservation of existing usage by designating Lygaeus foliaceus Fabricius, 1803 as the type species

Case 3817: Turdus ustulatus Nuttall, 1840 (currently Catharus ustulatus; Aves, Passeriformes, Turdidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by designation of a neotype

Case 3825: Coloradisaurus Bonaparte in Lambert, 1983 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): proposed availability of generic name, and D. Lambert (1983) A Field Guide to Dinosaurs: proposed availability for nomenclatural purposes

Case 3854: Macoma Leach, 1819 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Tellinidae): proposed conservation of usage, and request for confirmation of the unavailability of Limecola Brown, 1844 and Limicola Leach, 1852.

Case 3856: Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Carnivora, canidae): reaffirming the stability of the specific name for all ancient and modern breeds of dog, and their intermixed breeds.

Cases 3700-3799

Case 3701: Stenostoma albifrons Wagler in Spix, 1824 (currently Epictia albifrons; Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae): request for invalidation of a neotype designation of MCZ
R-2885 under the plenary power

Case 3702: Verconella dilatata var. cuvieriana Powell, 1927 (currently Penion cuvierianus; Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinoidea): proposed conservation of the specific name

Case 3707: Proposed suppression of neotypes of the Carboniferous ichnospecies Attenosaurus subulensis (Aldrich & Jones) with the rediscovery of the holotype

Case 3710: Heterodontidae Bonaparte, 1845 (Reptilia, Serpentes) and Heterodontina Gray, 1851 (Chondrichthyes, Heterodontiformes): proposed resolution of homonymy and stabilization of the use of the generic name Heterodontus Gray, 1851.

Case 3721: Callophrys dumetorum oregonensis Gorelick, 1968: designation of neoparatypes (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Case 3726: Inuus fuscatus Gray, 1870 (currently Macaca fuscata; Mammalia, Primates, Cercopithecidae): proposed correction to Opinion 920

Case 3729: The homonyms Brachypleura Angelin, 1854 (Trilobita) and Brachypleura Günther, 1862 (Actinopterygii)

Case 3734: Sylvia ruficeps d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 (Aves: Thraupidae): proposed conservation of usage by partial suppression of Hylactes ruficeps d’Orbigny, 1836 and 1838

Case 3738: Chlorops Meigen, 1803 (Insecta: Diptera: Chloropidae): conservation of usage by correction of Opinion 348

Case 3741: Pertaining the usage of the gastropod taxon of Cypraeidae Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937 as nomen conservandum, and declaring Cypraea carneola var. tuberculigera Sulliotti, 1924 nomen oblitum

Case 3755: Fasciolaria papillosa G.B. Sowerby, 1825 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed suppression; and Fasciolaria gigantea Kiener, 1840 (currently Triplofusus giganteus: Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of usage.

Case 3757: Pterodactylus crassipes Meyer, 1857 (currently Ostromia crassipes; Reptilia: Saurischia): proposed reinstatement

Case 3762: Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Didelphimorphia): proposed replacement of syntypes by a neotype

Case 3764: Cuvierina columnella, C. atlantica, C. spoeli (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Euthecosomata).

Case 3765: Thionia Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Issidae): proposed designation of Issus cinctifrons Stål, 1854 as the type species.

Case 3773: Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz, 1835 and Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz, 1838 (Chodrichthyes, Ptychodontidae): a case of priority versus common usage

Case 3794: Megalosaurus crenatissimus Deperet, 1896 (currently Majungasaurus crenatissimus) (Dinosauria, Theropoda): request to set aside Opinion 2269 and replace the neotype with a lectotype

Case 3797: Torvosaurus Galton & Jenson, 1979 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Torvosaurus tanneri Galton & Jenson, 1979.

Cases 3600-3699

Case 3603: Icthyophaga Lesson, 1843 (Aves, Falconiformes, Accipitridae), and Ichthyophaga Syromjatnikova, 1949 (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Urastomidae): proposed conservation of both generic names

Case 3651: Proposed correcting inappropriate or misleading scientific names with the ‘lapsus contrarius’.

Case 3652: The Toxotaxon: a new Article proposed for the Code.

Case 3654: Plumulites ruskini Lamont, 1978 (Machaeridia): proposed unavailability of the species
name

Case 3677: Proposed application of Article 1.3.7 to exclude as genus-group names the modifications of species-group names that are formed by addition of the standard suffix -ana or -iana.

Case 3691: Cookeolus Fowler, 1928 (Osteichthyes: Priacanthidae): proposed conservation by designation of Priacanthus japonicus Cuvier, 1829 as the type species

Case 3697: Odontocheila Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera, Carabidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of C. cajennensis Fabricius, 1787 as the type species

Cases 3500-3599

Case 3516: Scapsipedus micado Saussure, 1877 (currently Velarifictorus micado; Orthoptera, Gryllidae): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by the designation of a neotype

Case 3559: Meliboeus violaceus Kiesenwetter, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence

Case 3564: Grallaria fenwickorum Barrera & Bartels, 2010 (Aves, Grallariidae): proposed confirmation of unavailability.

Cases 3400-3499

Case 3437: Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878 (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation of the spelling of the specific name over Vipera latasti Boscá, 1878.

Case 3451: Sitticus Simon, 1901 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation

Case 3459: Allotypes should be from the type series: a position paper for reinstating Recommendation 72A from the third edition of the Code that defines the term ‘allotype’.

Cases 3300-3399

Case 3370: Akeridae, Bithyniidae and Hydrobiidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed correction of authorship and date to Férussac, 1822, Gray in Turton, 1857, and Stimpson, 1865 respectively.

Case 3379: Tubulanidae Bürger, 1905 (1874) (Nemertea, Anopla): proposed correction of the original publication date from 1905 to 1904.

Cases 3200-3299

Case 3237: The published Case Leucopelaea albescens Bates, 1891 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed validation of the lectotype designation

Cases 3000-3099

Case 3099: Titanodamon johnstonii Pocock, 1894 (currently Damon johnstonii: Arachnida, Amblypygi): proposed conservation of the specific name

Cases 2800-2899

Case 2870: Xerophila geyeri Soos, 1926 (currently Trochoidea geyeri; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of the specific name

Cases 2100-2199

Case 2127: Mya Rondani, 1850, and Somomya Bertoloni, 1861 (Insecta, Diptera): designation of type-species, and proposed suppression of Somomya under the plenary powers.

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