[Taxacom] Genera Triton Linnaeus and Bulis Gistl

Mon Jul 11 04:35:45 CDT 2011

Triton Montfort, 1810 was placed on the list of rejected names by ICZN Opinion 886 (not 668). See http://biostor.org/reference/1616 for Opinion 886, and http://biostor.org/reference/2047 for the original case (Z.N.(S.) 1621). Opinion 668 (http://biostor.org/reference/2136 ) relates to the Tritonia, not Triton.

Regards

Rod

On 11 Jul 2011, at 09:20, gerarus at westnet.com.au wrote:

> It appears that while Linnaeus (1758) did indeed place _Triton_ among the molluscs, the actual animal in question was a barnacle of some kind (see for instance Darwin's comment on p. 164 of his barnacle monograph at http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p80QAAAAIAAJ). I haven't been able to find yet why the name _Triton_ Linnaeus 1758 was subsequently dropped from usage, but I'm suspecting that the exact barnacle species concerned was probably unidentifiable. Opinion 668 of the ICZN (OPINION 668, 1963, _Tritonia_ Cuvier, [1797] (Gastropoda): designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 20(4): 272-273) apparently officially rejected the _Triton_ of Montfort 1810 as an available name.
> 
>    Cheers,
> 
>       Christopher Taylor
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Thorpe" <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
> To: "Tony Rees" <Tony.Rees at csiro.au>, taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Sent: Monday, 11 July, 2011 3:40:39 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Genera Triton Linnaeus and Bulis Gistl
> 
> yes, there are 3 Triton homonyms  (see 
> http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Triton), that is clear, but the 
> homonymy starts to go crazy (plus other confusions) when you try to track the 
> three names to present day ...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "Tony.Rees at csiro.au" <Tony.Rees at csiro.au>
> To: stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Sent: Mon, 11 July, 2011 7:35:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Genera Triton Linnaeus and Bulis Gistl
> 
> 
> Well, I’ve got a little further – the WoRMS entry appears to have confused 
> Triton Linnaeus with Triton Laurenti, 1768, which is in Amphibia but is not a 
> valid name (it was replaced by Oiacurus Leuckart 1821, currently a syn. of 
> Triturus Rafinesque, 1815 it seems).
>  
> Does not resolve the original question, however…
>  
> - Tony
>  
> From:Stephen Thorpe [mailto:stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz] 
> Sent: Monday, 11 July 2011 5:31 PM
> To: Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart); taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Genera Triton Linnaeus and Bulis Gistl
>  
> it's lookin' like a real mish mash of homonymy ... I'll get back to you when I 
> have untangled it (or you can follow my progress on Wikispecies) ...
>  
> Stephen
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From:"Tony.Rees at csiro.au" <Tony.Rees at csiro.au>
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Sent: Mon, 11 July, 2011 6:43:17 PM
> Subject: [Taxacom] Genera Triton Linnaeus and Bulis Gistl
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to understand why the genera Triton Linnaeus and Bulis Gistl 
> ("emend. pro Triton L. 1758") are both listed as "Crustacea" in Nomenclator 
> Zoologicus here: http://www.ubio.org/NZ/PDF/Vol4/pg0570.pdf 
> 
> 
> and here: http://www.ubio.org/NZ/PDF/Vol1/pg0500.pdf
> 
> when it appears they should be molluscs, I think, see Syst. Nat. p. 658: 
> http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25034469 - though I am not sure what type of 
> mollusc, or whether indeed I am correct here.
> 
> Interestingly the World Register of Marine Species entry for a junior homonym, 
> Triton Montfort, 1810 says "Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758 
> [Amphibia]"... presumably just an error, though not obvious why.
> 
> Is anyone able to offer insight into what may be going on here?
> 
> Regards - Tony
> 
> Tony Rees
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