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IN NATURE for February 3, p. 148, Mr. F. Chapman mentions three distinct proceedings that may affect the stability of nomenclature in zoology. Concerning those that arise from differences of opinion as to the classificatory value of certain shapes or structures, or those that depend, on the advance of knowledge, on corrections of fact, or on the need for breaking up unwieldy groups, it is useless to argue. No system of classification and nomenclature devised by man can cope with such inevitable changes.
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BATHER, F. The Rule of Priority in Nomenclature. Nature 111, 182–183 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111182c0
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