Meaning of name-bearing type | Babel Free

Definitions

For a species or lower-order taxon, a type (specimen or illustration) that determines the application of the species name; for a genus, the type species; for a family, the type genus.

Examples

“A nominal species and its nominotypical subspecies have⟳ the same name-bearing type⟳ [Arts. 47a, 61b].”

“Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order⟳ to fix⟳ the status of this specimen as the sole name-bearing type⟳ of this species.”

“In principle, the answer⟳ should be straightforward: examine⟳ the name-bearing type⟳, and confirm⟳ its protoconch type⟳.”

“Principle III: The application of names of taxa is determined by means of name-bearing types (hereafter referred to as types), although this principle does not apply⟳ to certain names at suprafamilial ranks.”

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