[Taxacom] Abbreviations/conventions in L. Agassiz' "Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis"

[Geoff Read]

Agassiz  in the universal index preface says something about "the need to
reform the nomenclature zoologiae".  And mentions nomenclature cleansing.
Well what a busybody. I'm wondering if these parenthetical alternates
qualify as emendations in the current zoo code sense since he doesn't
actually use them himself at all as main items. They're suggestions for
future usages aren't they?

In the main listings the names are as the original authors had them,
together with Agassiz's idea of the derivation - which must be a guess
often - but worth looking at.

Geoff

On Thu, July 12, 2012 7:58 pm, Geoff Read wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> In the example I found - Scolelepis Blainville 1828 (Scr. Scolecolepis) -
> Neave was seemingly correct to attribute the first appearance of the 2nd
> alternate spelling to Agassiz's listing (at least via my reading of the
> occurrences reported by BHL). This is somewhat of a surprise to me as its
> appearance is usually dated a decade or so later and attributed to
> Malmgren (1867).