[Taxacom] possible genus homonym nomenclatural question

[John Grehan]

Thanks to those who responded already. As I suspected - I missed the
'obvious' as it is a spelling difference (m instead of an n). So all is
clear now. And the 'butterfly' name is actually for a moth to be precise.

John Grehan

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 1:34 PM John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> A friend of mine asked about why the genus name Clymna Hutton 1883 for a
> group of snails is not a homonym a butterfly genus of the same name
> under Calymma Hübner, 1823 (
> https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=4898.0
> )
>
> If it is a homonym then the synonymy of the snail genus Flammocharopa
> under Calymna Hutton, 1883 would presumably be incorrect (see
> https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820085 )
>
> Perhaps I have missed something obvious, but I would be grateful for
> insight from any on this list well acquainted with such issues. And please,
> for those of you inclined to respond with unkind remarks about my knowledge
> or understanding of nomenclature, keep them to yourselves. I am not
> interested. Hopefully someone will be able to provide
> clarification/corroboration of my current inference.
>
> Thank you,
>
> John Grehan
>