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NOTICE is hereby given that, as from April 22, 1955, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature will start to vote on the following cases involving the possible use of its plenary powers for the purpose specified against each entry. (1) Renier [1804] Prospetto; question of validation of four generic names (Discoides; Cerebratulus; Polycitor; Scolixedon) published in; (2) Renier [1807] Tavola; question of validation of six generic names (Aglaja; Alcyonaria; Cystia; Rodens; Tuba; Tubulanus) published in; (3) names (generic and specific) given to aptychi of Ammonites, suppression of; (4) Notropis Rafinesque, 1818 (Cl. Osteichthyes), determination of gender as masculine; (5) Cheloniceras Hyatt, 1903 (Cl. Cephalopoda, Order Ammonoidea), designation of type species for; (6) Argus Bohadsch, 1761 (Cl. Gastropoda), retention of status for the purposes of the law of homonymy, to preserve Lysandra Hemming, 1933, from falling as a synonym of Argus Boisduval, 1832; (7) minimus Miller (J. S.), 1826 (Belemnites) (Cl. Cephalopoda, Order Dibranchia), validation of. A proposal for a ‘Declaration’ banning names based on aptychi of ammonites is also being made.
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HEMMING, F. Zoological Nomenclature. Nature 174, 1022 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1741022c0
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