Help with a reference

[Robin Leech]

Barry,
Sorry about that.  For stability, I have found that it is good to keep
Badistes as part of the name, thus, for example, Neobadistes (unless this is
already a valid name).  It makes searches a lot easier, and relationships
are shown.
Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Roth" <barry_roth at YAHOO.COM>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Help with a reference


> Per US Natl Mus Bull. 239:
> Badistes A. A. Gould, 1862, Otia Conchologica, p. 243.  Type species Helix
gulosa Gould, 1846 (NSW), by monotypy.
> If Badistes Agassiz, 1847, is an available name, it sounds like we
malacologists have to step aside.
> br
>  Robin Leech wrote:Badistes (as a beetle genus was described in 1847 by
Agassiz), and Badister,
> a valid genus for Carabidae, was described in 1806. Badistes is listed as
a
> junior synonym of Badister in 1927 in CSIKI catalogue. Mutschulsky, in
> 1859, described a species as Badistes submarinus.
> You now have to find out when the genus Badistes was described as a
mollusc
> to determine the next stage in your search. If the genus name Badistes was
> described as a mollusc before 1847, then it can stand and is valid. If it
> was described after 1847, then the molluscan genus Badistes is a junior
> homonym of the carabid genus name Badistes, and a new genus name is in
order
> for the molluscans.
>
> We can go further on this if we now find out that the type species (if one
> was designated) of Badistes as a carabid is removed from the genus
Badister
> and resurected. Wanna go there?
>
> Robin Leech
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephanie Clark"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:19 AM
> Subject: Help with a reference
>
>
> > To the list
> >
> >
> > I am hoping some one might be able to help with the following:
> >
> > While doing a search in google for a molluscs genus name Badistes I came
> > across the following name Badister submarinus Motschulsky, 1859
> (Badistes)
> > (Carabidae) from the Nomina Insecta Nearctica.
> >
> > What I'd like to know is the reference.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Stephanie
> >
> >
> >
>
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