Short communication, Note
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2023.32.29
Nomenclatural validation of two extant Congeria species, C. jalzici and C. mulaomerovici (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) from the caves of the Dinaric karst
Brian Morton
; Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
Helena Bilandžija
orcid.org/0000-0002-4922-0149
; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, 10000 Zagreb; Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb
Abstract
Two extant cave-dwelling bivalves of the dreissenid genus Congeria were recently described by Morton et Bilandžija in Bilandžija et al. (2013) as Congeria jalzici Morton et Bilandžija and C. mulaomerovici Morton et Bilandžija. Unfortunately, the volume of the Frontiers in Zoology in which the descriptions were published was online-only and did not include a Zoobank registration number (LSID), which is required for validation of new names in electronic-only publications (ICZN, 2012). In consequence, the names C. jalzici and C. mulaomerovici should not be available according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, 2012). Therefore, the present note serves to validate the names C. jalzici and C. mulaomerovici by fulfilling the ICZN conditions for nomenclatural availability. The holotypes of both species are deposited in the General Collection of Recent Molluscs, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb and in The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo. Accordingly, the date and authorship of the new species names are those of this note and not those of Bilandžija et al. (2013).
Keywords
cave biology; subterranean biota; nomenclature; Zoobank registration number; mussels
Hrčak ID:
309177
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2023.
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