Taxacom: code-criticizing paper found a publisher

[David Campbell]

Their argument seems to be "because the ICZN code does not explicitly say
not to use a prefix, it's OK."  As you note, however, the Code clearly says
how to create names, and they did not follow those directions.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 2:50 PM Neal Evenhuis <neale at bishopmuseum.org>
wrote:

> Well, first off this statement in the compliant is incorrect:
>
> "The ICZN does not preclude the use of non-taxon-specific prefixes in any
> article, and any rulings in WoRMS are purely personal overreach, and more
> importantly, seek to restrict the ability of nomenclature to reflect
> evolutionary relationships through restricting the ability to identify
> crown clades."
>
>
>
> Formation of a family-group name is clearly outlined in the ICZN Code and
> what the author(s) of Neostromboidea missed (but WoRMS understood) was Art
> 29.1, which explains how such family group names are formed (= adding a
> *suffix* to the stem), and Article 29.3 how the "stem" of the name is
> determined (deleting the case-ending of a genus-group name).
>
>
>
> Thus, one does not add a prefix to form an available family-group name. It
> can only be a suffix added to the to the stem of the type genus-group name.
>
>
>
> Neal
>
>
>
>
>
> On Stardate 6/22/22, 4:45 AM, "Taxacom" <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu>
> wrote:
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>
>
> Not too sure what the point is of publishing in a place unlikely to be seen
> by those that it tries to criticize, and not a good critique, either, but
> might be worth being aware of.  Basically, the complaint is that WoRMS
> rejects the authors' name that was constructed inappropriately by adding a
> prefix to the stem genus, but they take quite a while to get to the point.
>
>
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1111%2Fjwip.12236&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C92c100c5fa23433628ef08da5498dc3a%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637915313328064771%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=r0FuO8u2lIrkvmUHs%2Bgz9NyHYiQq4f3aspV7KDne5ck%3D&reserved=0
> is the complaint
>
>
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzookeys.pensoft.net%2Farticle%2F34381%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C92c100c5fa23433628ef08da5498dc3a%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637915313328064771%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HSrmmvPid%2BVFryy7148qtLK6y9U8s6X8xFtLkekMA1I%3D&reserved=0
> is the paper by the same first
> author, which WoRMS does not accept the name Neostromboidea from, not being
> Code-compliantly derived from *Strombus*.  (I think that it would be
> recognizable under the PhyloCode, but it is not ICZN-compliant.)
>
>
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paleoliste.de%2Fbandel%2Fbandel_2007a.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C92c100c5fa23433628ef08da5498dc3a%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637915313328064771%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JiL1AQkpGidL82FqvapMgtbs3seSFUWD%2FET8aHLPH6g%3D&reserved=0
> is the paper accused of
> having name(s?) being accepted despite not providing a description.  For
> me, I had to open the link in a new window and then refresh it before the
> pdf actually appeared.  It is true that the descriptions of new subgenera
> often do not clearly indicate which features distinguish the subgenus
> versus being species-level distinctives.  New subgenera within *Strombus
> *are
> grouped under headings that give a brief description of the group and thus
> technically provide characters differentiating the subgenus from some other
> subgenera, though not from all others.  Under each subgenus. species within
> the subgenus, including the type, are discussed.  Differences with species
> from other subgenera are noted, but not necessarily clearly labeled as
> distinctives of the subgenus.
>
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Dr. David Campbell
Associate Professor, Geology
Department of Natural Sciences
110 S Main St, #7270
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs NC 28017