International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Bi
bianco debaxo Brants 1827 [originally in Ration], Het Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld (Berlin): 185 (a vernacular name). Opinion 1232
Bibio Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 756 (a junior homonym of Bibio Geoffroy 1762). Opinion 441
Bibio Geoffroy 1762, Hist. abrég. Ins. Paris, 2: 450, 568 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Tipula hortulana Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 588) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 441
BIBIONIDAE (correction of BIBIONITES) Newman 1834, Entomol. Mag., 2: 379, 387 (type genus: Bibio Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Diptera). ICZN 1957: Opinion 441
BIBIONITES Newman 1834, Entomol. Mag., 2: 379, 387 (type genus: Bibio Geoffroy 1762) (an incorrect original spelling for BIBIONIDAE Newman 1834). Opinion 441
bibronii Duméril 1851 [originally in Agama], Cat. meth. Coll. Rept.: 101 (Reptilia). Opinion 952
bibronii Bell 1842 [originally in Proctotretus], in Darwin, C. (Ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832-1836, part 5, p. 6 (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1909
bibronii Fitzinger [originally in Trapelus (Psammorrhoa)] 1843, Syst. Rept.: 81 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 952
bicalcaratus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Pavo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 156 (specific name of the type species of Polyplectron Temminck 1807) (Aves). Direction 43
bicarinatus Gray 1845 [originally in Astacus], in Eyre, J. Exped. Discov. centr. Australia, 1: 410 (valid name at the date of Opinion 519 of the type species of Cherax Erichson 1846) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 519
bicator Linnaeus 1776 [originally in Coracias], Cat. Birds Beasts Fishes Ins. Edwards’ nat. Hist.: 13 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 412
bicaudata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phryganea], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 548 (specific name of the type species of Diura Billberg 1820) (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 645
bicincta Erichson 1842 [originally in Eurymela], Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 8(1): 286, as defined by the neotype (specimen in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., labelled ‘Sydney, N.S.W. Austr. m 1-1095; Coll. Koebele; type of E. bicinctellus Kirk; Eurymelias bicinctellus 544 (Kirk.); neotype Eurymela bicincta (Erichson)’) designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Eurymeloides Ashmead 1889) (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha). Opinion 1706
bicinctaflava Christ 1791 [originally in Tenthredo], Naturgeschichte, Klassification und Nomenclatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht, p. 442 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1602
bicinctus Fabricius 1793 [originally in Crabro], Entomol. syst., 2: 299 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 675
bicinctus Rossi 1794 [originally in Crabro], Fauna Etrusca, 2, Appendix: 123, pl. 7, fig. 0 (conserved under the plenary power) (specific name of the type species of Lestiphorus Lepeletier 1832) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 675
bicinctus Koch 1840 [originally in Smynthurus], in Herrich-Schaeffer in Fürnrohr, Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg, Regensberg, 3: 353 (specific name of the type species of Deuterosminthurus Börner 1901) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 1042
bicirrhosum Cuvier 1829 [originally in Ischnosoma], Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée, Ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 328 (specific name of the type species of Osteoglossum Cuvier 1829) (Osteichthyes, Osteoglossiformes). Opinion 1621
bicollina Jones & Holl 1886 [originally in Bollia], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)17: 361, pl. 12, figs. 14a-c, 15, 16 (specific name of the type species of Bollia Jones & Holl 1886) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 934
bicolor Redtenbacher 1868 [originally in Prionocerus] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2444
bicolor Gaskoin 1849 [originally in Cypraea], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 16(186): 92 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1197
bicolor Westwood 1849 [originally in Dodecatoma] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2340
bicolor Cope 1896 [originally in Heteroclonium], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1896: 461 (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1482
bicolor Erichson 1840 [originally in Lathrobium], Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, part 2, p. 593, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of L. bicolor Gravenhorst 1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2139
bicolor Gravenhorst 1802 [originally in Lathrobium], Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensi, p. 179 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2139
bicolor Heer 1839 [originally in Lathrobium], Fauna Coleopterorum Helvetica, vol. 1, part 2, p. 240 (a junior homonym of Lathrobium bicolor Gravenhorst 1802) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2126
bicolor Hoffmannsegg in Erichson 1848 [originally in Libellula] (Odonata). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2339
bicolor Douglas & Scott 1868 [originally in Litosoma], Entomol. mon. Mag., 4: 267 (status as the specific name of the type species of Pachylops Fieber 1858 set aside under the plenary power) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 253, Opinion 1943
bicolor Fauvel 1903 [originally in Philonthus], Arkiv för Zoologi, 1: 240, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. bicolor Redtenbacher 1849 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
bicolor Bibron 1840 [originally in Phyllobates], in Cocteau, J.T. & Bibron, G. Reptiles, in de la Sagra, R. (Ed.), Historia fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Part 2, Historia natural, vol. 8, Atlas de Zoologia, pl. 29b, (specific name of the type species of Phyllobates Bibron in de la Sagra 1840) (Amphibia). Opinion 2223.
bicolor Laporte 1835 [originally in Staphylinus], Études entomologiques, ou description d’insectes nouveaux, et observations sur leur synonymie, p. 115, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. bicolor Paykull 1789 and S. bicolor Gmelin 1790 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
bicolor Pocock 1897 [originally in Zeria], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)20: 392 (specific name of the type species of Zeriassa Pocock 1897) (Arachnida). Opinion 2094
Bicornes Schuchert & LeVene 1929, Brachiopoda in Pompecki (Ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, 1 (Animalia): 34 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 907
bicornis Gray 1831 [originally in Gomeza], Zool. Miscell. (1): 39 (specific name of the type species of Gomeza Gray 1831) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
bicornis Germar 1823 [originally in Oxytelus], Fauna insectorum Europae, vol. 6, p. 15, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of O. bicornis Olivier 1811 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
bicornis Olivier 1811 [originally in Oxytelus], Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Insectes, vol. 8, part 2, p. 615 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
bicornis Kemp 1925 [originally in Paralatreutes], Rec. Indian Mus., 27: 334 (specific name of the type species of Paralatreutes Kemp 1925) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
bicornis Nuttall & Warburton 1908 [originally in Rhipicentor], Proc. Cambridge phil. Soc., 14: 399-401, figs. 12-16 (specific name of the type species of Rhipicentor Nuttall & Warburton 1908) (Arachnida). Direction 67
bidens Sowerby 1804 [originally in Physeter], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 7: 10 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1289 of the type species of Mesoplodon Gervais 1850) (Mammalia). Opinion 1289
bidens Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Turbo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 767 (Gastropoda). Opinion 2176. Request to set aside the neotype not granted. ICZN 2015: Opinion 2355 (Case 3581)
bidentatus Milne Edwards 1880 [originally in Xanthodes], Miss. Sci. Mex., Rech. zool., 5 (fasc. 8): 353, pl. 53, figs. 5-5b (specific name of the type species of Tetraxanthus Rathbun 1898) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
bidentosus Quenstedt 1857 [originally in Ammonites], Der Jura, p. 616 (specific name of the type species of Trochiskioceras Schairer & Schlamp 1991) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
Bidentula Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 90 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Bidessus Sharp 1880 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2470
bifasciatus Lacepède 1802 [originally in Mullus], in Buffon, Hist. nat., Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 383 (specific name of the type species of Parupeneus Bleeker 1863) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 846
bifasciella Treitschke 1833 [originally in Elachista], in Ochsenheimer, Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, vol. 9, part 2, p. 182 (specific name of the type species of Elachista Treitschke 1833) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1557
bifenestra Cooper 1955 [originally in Heterodera], A preliminary key to British species of Heterodera for use in soil examination, in: Soil Zoology, Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Second Easter School in Agricultural Science, Kevan (ed.), Butterworth, London: 275, 278 (Nematoda). Opinion 1336
bifer Quenstedt 1843 [originally in Ammonites], Das Flözgebirge Württembergs, p. 160 (specific name of the type species of Bifericeras Buckman 1913) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
bifida Pennant 1777 [originally in Asterias], Brit. Zool. (ed. 4), 4: 55 (valid name at the date of Direction 73 of the type species of Antedon Fréminville 1811) (Crinoidea). Direction 73
biformis Sowerby 1831 [originally in Ammonites], in de la Beche, Geol. Man.: 319 (specific name of the type species of Pleuroacanthites Canavari 1883) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 575
Bifossicollis Sahlberg 1903 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
bifrons Bruguière [1789] [originally in Ammonites], Ency. méth., Vers, 1(1): 40 (specific name of the type species of Hildoceras Hyatt 1867) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 304
bifurcatus Quenstedt 1846 [originally in Ammonites biplex], Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands. Die Cephalopoden, p. 163, ruled under the plenary power to be an available name, not invalid by reason of being a junior homonym (specific name of the type species of Divisosphinctes Beurlen 1925) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
bifurcatus MacLeay 1819 [originally in Athyreus], Horae entomol., 1(1): 124 (specific name of the type species of Athyreus MacLeay 1819) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1299
bifurcum Fabricius 1798 [originally in Opatrum] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2019: Opinion 2438
bigemma Schaeffer 1918 [originally in Amoeba], Trans. amer. micros. Soc., 94: 80-88 (specific name of the type species of Mayorella Schaeffer 1926) (Rhizopoda). Opinion 1344
Bigotites Nicolesco 1918, C.R. Sommaire Soc. géol. France, (4)18: 36 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Nicolesco, 1931 (Mém. Soc. géol. France, 17: 23): Bigotella petri Nicolesco 1917, Bull. Soc. géol. France, (4)16: 167, pl. 4, figs. 4, 5) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 324
biguttatus Gmelin 1790 [originally in Dytiscus], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 1959, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Dytiscus biguttatus Olivier 1795 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1785
biguttatus Olivier 1795 [originally in Dytiscus], Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, vol. 3, no. 40, p. 26 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1785
biguttatus Risso 1816 [originally in Portunus], Hist. nat. Crust. Nice: 31 (valid name at the date of Opinion 712 of the type species of Xaiva MacLeay 1838) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
biguttatus Bernhauer 1937 [originally in Staphylinus], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (10)20: 304, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. biguttatus Linnaeus 1758 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
biguttatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Staphylinus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 422 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
bihamata Drury 1773 [originally in Formica], Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited.. figures of exotic insects, vol. 2, p. 73, index (specific name of the type species of Polyrhachis Smith 1857) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1919
bilamellatus Anton 1838 [originally in Clausilia (Strobilis)], Verzeichniss der Conchylien welch sich in der Sammlung von H.E. Anton befinden, p. 46 (specific name of the senior subjective synonym of Tornatellina clausa Pfeiffer 1842, the type species of Tornatellina Pfeiffer 1842) (Gastropoda). Direction 119
Balitoridae Swainson 1839. ICZN 1993: Opinion 1715
Bilharzia Cobbold 1859, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 22(4): 363-366 (a junior homonym of Bilharzia Meckel von Hemsbach 1856). Opinion 226
Bilharzia Meckel von Hemsbach 1856, Mikrogeologie: 114 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 226
bilineata Latreille 1813 [originally in Buprestis], in Humboldt von & Bonpland, Voyage aux régions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799-1804, vol. 2, part 2, p. 60, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis bilineata Weber 1801 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
bilineata Weber 1801 [originally in Buprestis], Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones, p. 74 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
bilineatus de Geer 1774 [originally in Dytiscus], Mém. Hist. Ins., 4: 400 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 618
bilineata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena viridis] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
bilineatus Roundy 1926 [originally in Polygnathus], U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper no. 146, p. 13 (specific name of the type species of Gnathodus Pander 1856) (Conodonta). Opinion 1415
bilineatus Peters 1867 [originally in Psammophis moniliger var.], Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 237 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1210
Biloba Stach 1949, Apterygotan Fauna Poland, Fam. Neogastruridae, Brachystomellidae (Acta Mon. Mus. Hist. nat. Cracoviae): 6, 16 (a junior objective synonym of Neanura MacGillivray 1893). Opinion 435
bilobatus Sowerby 1839 [originally in Bellerophon], in Murchison, The Silurian System, founded on geological researches.., p. 643 (specific name of the type species of Sinuites Koken 1896) (Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda). Opinion 1470
bilobatus Lesquereux 1891 [originally in Physophyscus], Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 13: 9 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Trace fossil, arthropod). Opinion 1520
BILOBIDAE Stach 1951, Apterygotan Fauna Poland, Fam. Bilobidae (Acta Mon. Mus. Hist. nat. Cracoviae): 3 (type genus: Biloba Stach, 1949) (a junior objective synonym of NEANURINAE Börner June 1901, the respective type genera of these two families having the same nominal species as type species). Opinion 435
bilocularis Hisinger 1799 [originally in Anomia], K. Vetensk.-Akad. Nya Handl., Stockholm, 19: 285 (specific name of the type species of Conchidium Oehlert 1887) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 297
bimaculata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicada], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 86 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
bimaculata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena cinerea] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
bimaculatus Fourcroy 1785 [originally in Elater], Entomologia parisiensis.., part 1, p. 38, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Elater bimaculatus Rossi 1790 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1441
bimaculatus Rossi 1790 [originally in Elater], Fauna etrusca.., vol. 1, p. 182 (specific name of the type species of Drasterius Eschscholtz 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1441
bimaculatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Labrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 285, as defined by the holotype (catalogue no. NRM 7 in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm) (specific name of the type species of Cichlasoma Swainson 1839) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1954
bimammatus Quenstedt 1857 [originally in Ammonites], Der Jura, p. 616 (specific name of the type species of Epipeltoceras Spath 1924) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
BINOCULIDAE Fowler 1912, Ann. Rep. New Jersey State Mus., 1911: 466 (type genus: Binoculus Müller 1776) (invalid because the name of the type genus has been suppressed under the plenary power). Opinion 502
Binoculus Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 2, p. 658 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 502, Opinion 1754
binodosus Münster 1832 [originally in Goniatites] (Clymeniida). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2473
binotata Gray 1830 [originally in Viverra], Spicil. zool. (2): 9 (specific name of the type species of Nandinia Gray 1843) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
binotatus Oppel 1862 [originally in Ammonites], Paläontol. Mitt., 1: 155 (a junior objective synonym of Ammonites valdani d’Orbigny 1844). Opinion 996
binotatus Gmelin 1788 [originally in Gryllus (Bulla) [Acridium]], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 2059, No. 221 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1103
binotatus Gravenhorst 1802 [originally in Staphylinus], Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia ..., p. 28 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
binotatus Gravenhorst 1806 [originally in Staphylinus], Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum, p. 73, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. binotatus Gravenhorst 1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
binturong Raffles 1821 [originally in Viverra], Trans. linn. Soc. London, 13(1): 253 (specific name of the type species of Arctictis Temminck [1824]) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
bioculata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ephemera], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 577 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 787
bioculata Lamarck 1801 [originally in Hippurites], Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 104 (specific name of the type species of Hippurites Lamarck 1801) (Bivalvia). Opinion 613
Biomphalaria Preston 1910, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)6(35): 535, pl. 7, figs. 26, 26a (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Biomphalaria smithi Preston 1910, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)6(35): 535, pl. 7, figs. 26, 26a) ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the generic names Planorbina Haldeman 1842, Taphius Adams & Adams 1855 and Armigerus Clessin 1884 whenever it and any of the other genera are considered synonyms (Gastropoda). Opinion 735
biplicatus Montagu 1803 [originally in Turbo], Test. brit., 2: 361 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
Biplices Siemiradzki 1891, Fauna Kopalna warstw Oxfordzkichi i Kimerydzkich: 63 (invalid because not published in the nominative singular). Opinion 504
biporcata Wiegmann 1834 [originally in Dactyloa], Herpetologia mexicana, seu Descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus Comitis de Sack, F. Deppe et C.G. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars prima Saurorum species amplectens, &c, pp. 47-48, as defined by the neotype (holotype of Anolis copei Bocourt, 1873 - MNHM 2426) designated under the plenary power (Reptilia). Opinion 2015
bipunctata Pictet 1833 [originally in Perla], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, 28(109): 55 (specific name of the type species of Perla Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 645
bipunctatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus (Bulla)], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 427 (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1103
bipunctatus Fabricius 1798 [originally in Mellinus], Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta ..., Supplementum, p. 265 (specific name of the type species of Prosopis Fabricius 1804) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713
bipustulata Fabricius 1775 [originally in Tritoma], Systema Entomologiae ..., p. 68 (specific name of the type species of Tritoma Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
bipustulatus Fabricius 1792 [originally in Lyctus], Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta, vol. 1, part 2, p. 503 (specific name of the type species of Rhizophagus Herbst 1793) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1810
Biradiolites d’Orbigny 1850, Pal. France, Crét., 4 (Brach.): 230 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Toucas 1909 (Mém. Soc. géol. France, Paléontol., 36: 98): Biradiolites canaliculatus d’Orbigny 1850, Pal. France, Crét., 4 (Brach.): 230) (Bivalvia). Opinion 891
Bironella Theobald 1905, Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung., 3: 69 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Bironella gracilis Theobald 1905, Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung., 3: 69) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 737
bironelli Christophers [originally in Anopheles], 1924, Ind. Med. Res. Mem., 3: 5, 16 (a junior objective synonym of gracilis Theobald 1905 [originally in Bironella]). Opinion 737
Birostrites Lamarck 1819, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 6: 236 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 856
Birricollis Sahlberg 1903 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
Birricomus Pic 1894 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377
Birulia Brashnikov 1903, Annu. Mus. zool. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 8: xliv (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Birulia sachalinensis Brashnikov 1903, Annu. Mus. zool. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 8: xlv) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
biruncinatus Quenstedt 1847 [originally in Ammonites], Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands. Die Cephalopoden, p. 260 (specific name of the type species of Simoceras Zittel, 1870) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
bisbidentatus Kolenati 1859 [originally in Ctenophthalmus], Jh. k.k. mähr. schl. Ges. Ackerbau, Natur- und Landeskunde 1858: 65 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 741
bisetosus Bretscher 1906 [originally in Euenchytraeus] (Annelida). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2423
bisoctodentatus Kolenati 1863 [originally in Ctenophthalmus], Hor. Soc. entomol. ross., 2: 35, pl. 2, fig. 6, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Hopkins 1963 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 20: 220, pl. 4) (specific name of the type species of Ctenophthalmus Kolenati 1856) (Insecta, Siphonaptera). Opinion 741
Bison Smith 1827, in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm. Syn.: 373 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Bos bison Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 72) (Mammalia). Opinion 91
bison Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Bos], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 72 (specific name of the type species of Bison Smith 1827) (Mammalia). Direction 22
bisperforatus Leske 1778 [originally in Echinodiscus], Addit. J.T. Klein nat. Disp. Echin.: 198 (specific name of the type species of Echinodiscus Leske 1778) (Echinoidea). Opinion 277
bispinosa Kinahan 1856 [originally in Litocheira], J. roy. Dublin Soc., 1: 121 (specific name of the type species of Litocheira Kinahan 1856) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
bispinosa Rafinesque 1814 [originally in Pisitoe], Précis Découv. somiol.: 25 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1133
bispinosus Herbst [1783] [originally in Cancer], Versuch Naturgesch. Krabben Krebse, 1(2-5): 144 (specific name of the type species of Galene de Haan [1833]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
bisseptemdentatus Kolenati 1863 [originally in Ctenophthalmus], Hor. Soc. entomol. ross., 2: 36, pl. 2, fig. 7 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 741
bistigmata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena cinerea] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
bistrigata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena fusca] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
bisulcatus de Blainville 1827 [originally in Belemnites], Mémoire sur les Belemnites, considérées zoologiquement et géologiquement, p. 79 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Belemnites bruguierianus d’Orbigny 1843, the type species of Passaloteuthis Lissajous 1915) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1721
bisulcatus [anon.] [1840] [originally in Buceros], Verz. Java Samml. Thier. Holzapfel: No. 6 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 273
Bithinella Fischer 1885, Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, part 8, p. 725 (an unjustified emendation and junior objective synonym of Bythinella Moquin-Tandon 1856) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2161
Bithinia Gray 1821, London med. Reposit., 15: 239 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bithynia Leach 1818). Opinion 475
Bithynella Fagot 1886, Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire naturelle de Toulouse, 20: 62 (an unjustified emendation and junior objective synonym of Bythinella Moquin-Tandon 1856) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2161
Bithynia Leach 1818, in Clarke Abel, Narr. Journ. Int. China: 362 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Helix tentaculata Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 774) (Gastropoda). Opinion 475
BITHYNIIDAE Troschel 1857, Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlich Classification, vol. 1(2), p. 101 (type genus: Bithynia Leach 1818) (Gastropoda). Opinion 475, Opinion 1664
Bithys Hübner 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: 18, no. 44; id., [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett., (5): 75 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 541
Bitinia Sacco 1889, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, (2)39: 84 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Bithynia Leach 1818). Opinion 475
Bitis Gray 1842, Zool. Miscell., (4): 69 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Vipera (Echidna) arietans Merrem 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 152) (Reptilia). Opinion 188
bituberculatum Wollaston 1854 [originally in Liparthrum (correction of Leiparthrum)], Insecta Maderensia, being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group: 294 (specific name of the type species of Liparthrum Wollaston 1854) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1166
biundulata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena albida] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
biunguiculatus Lucas [1846] [originally in Palaemon], Explor. Sci. Algérie (Zool.), 2 (Hist. nat. Anim. art.) (1): 45 (valid name at the date of Opinion 470 of the type species of Brachycarpus Bate 1888) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
bivittata Waterhouse 1838 [originally in Haltica] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2351
bivittatus Thorell 1877 [originally in Cercophonius brachycentrus], Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 19: 183 (currently Orobothriurus bivittatus; Arachnida, Scorpiones): ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Bothriurus alticola Pocock 1899 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Arachnida). Opinion 2074. Proposed replacement of the holotype by the designation of a neotype not accepted. ICZN 2008: Opinion 2191 (Case 3332)
bizonatus Boisduval 1835 [originally in Odynerus], in d’Urville, Voy. ‘Astrolabe’ Entomol. (2): 658 (specific name of the type species of Parodynerus Saussure 1855) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893