[Taxacom] Chasing original spelling of a genus name...

[Tony Rees]

Dear Taxacomers,

Having obtained a copy of the 2010 work on Algospongia (fossil group,
variously assigned to animals or algae incertae sedis) by Vachard and Cózar
as per a previous post, I note an inconsistency in the spelling of a genus
name, namely in that work this spelling:

- "Efluegelia Vachard in Massa & Vachard, 1979" (spelling consistently used
therein, note Vachard is the first author of this citing work as well as of
the original name, but 30-odd years later)

vs. "Eflugelia Vachard  in Massa & Vachard, 1979" - spelling as used in
Nomenclator Zoologicus and some other sources

"Efluegelia Vachard" has 4 hits in Google Scholar at time of
writing, "Eflugelia Vachard" has 7.

The original publication is given as: Massa, D. and Vachard, D. 1979. Le
Carbonifère de Lybie Occidentale: biostratigraphie et micropaléontologie;
position dans le domaine téthysien d’Afrique du Nord. Revue de l’Institut
Français du Pétrole, 34(1), 3-65 , abstract available at
https://ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr/articles/ogst/abs/1979/01/vol34n1p3/vol34n1p3.html
, however this does not mention the new generic name in question.

One possibility is that the original spelling was Flügelia, orthography
subsequently corrected in 2 different ways, as per the article "Fossil
names dedicated to Erik Flügel" by B Senowbari-Daryan in Facies, 2005
(which uses the spelling "Flugelia"), but that is just a guess.

Just wondering if anyone has access to the original publication as cited,
and/or can advise of which would be the correct spelling of this genus name
to be cited today (the name is presently listed as a synonym of
Fourstonella Cummings).

Maybe a small thing, but knowing the correct spelling of scientific names
is one of the foundations of biological information sharing and linking
(and of biodiversity databases...)

Regards - Tony
Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
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