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Larus kamtschatschensis Bonaparte 1857

Description

" Gavina kamtschatschensis Bonaparte, 1857 "

Bonaparte (1857: 224) listed " Gavina hinc Larus kamtschatschensis Bp. " in the synonymy of Larus niveus Pallas. The name is thus not available for nomenclatural purposes (Art. 11.6 of the Code) and the provisions of Art. 11.6.1 of the Code do not apply, because the name was already published in earlier works (Bonaparte 1855: 16, 1856: 771). In spite of this, Bonaparte's (1857) kamtschatschensis was used as a valid name for the taxon in recent literature (see above for citations), probably following Peters (1934: 315, footnote) who argued that “a quotation [of a name in the synonymy of an available name] ipso facto renders the name a substitute name for the species in whose synonymy it is quoted. His argument does not match provisions of the Code (ICZN 1999).

Notes

Published as part of Mlíkovský, Ji Ř Í, 2012, Nomenclatural notes on the East Asian form of the Mew Gull Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves: Laridae), pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 3356 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210789

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Laridae
Genus
Larus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Charadriiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Bonaparte
Species
kamtschatschensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Larus kamtschatschensis Bonaparte, 1857 sec. Mlíkovský, 2012

References

  • Bonaparte, C. - L. (1857) Conspectus Generum Avium. Vol. 2. E. J. Brill, Lugduni Batavorum, pp. 209 - 232.
  • Bonaparte, C. - L. (1855) Notes sur les Larides. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee, (2) 7, 12 - 21.
  • Peters, J. L. (1934) Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, xvii + 401 pp.