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Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
527732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527732)
unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Species
Fusus proboscidiferus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex aruanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Nomenclature Although long known as Syrinx aruanus, this combination is grammatically incorrect. The Greek word syrinx (a pipe) is...
Nomenclature Although long known as Syrinx aruanus, this combination is grammatically incorrect. The Greek word syrinx (a pipe) is feminine and thus the specific epithet, which in this case is an adjective derived from the Aru Islands and meaning the Aruanan Syrinx, must agree in gender with the genus name. Hence Syrinx aruana is the grammatically correct name. When he proposed the genus name Syrinx, Röding himself used the combination Syrinx aruana (and all the other specific epithets he combined with Syrinx were also feminine). This is a mandatory change following Art. 34.2 of the ICZN Code. [details]
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(of Murex aruanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Harasewych, M. G. & Petit, R. E. (1989). The nomenclatural status and phylogenetic affinities of <em>Syrinx aruanus</em> Linné 1758 (Prosobranchia: Turbinellidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 103(2): 83-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8278083 [details]
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Harasewych, M. G. & Petit, R. E. (1989). The nomenclatural status and phylogenetic affinities of <em>Syrinx aruanus</em> Linné 1758 (Prosobranchia: Turbinellidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 103(2): 83-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8278083 [details]
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Nomenclature Although long known as Syrinx aruanus, this combination is grammatically incorrect. The Greek word syrinx (a pipe) is feminine and thus the specific epithet, which in this case is an adjective derived from the Aru Islands and meaning the Aruanan Syrinx, must agree in gender with the genus name. Hence Syrinx aruana is the grammatically correct name. When he proposed the genus name Syrinx, Röding himself used the combination Syrinx aruana (and all the other specific epithets he combined with Syrinx were also feminine). This is a mandatory change following Art. 34.2 of the ICZN Code. [details]
