International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS

taxa names:

Cl

cladophore Hesse 1861 [originally in Athelgue’], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, (4)15: 91 (ruled under the plenary power to be a vernacular name). Opinion 1229 

Clamator Blyth [1852], Cat. Birds Mus. asiat. Soc.: 250 (a junior homonym of Clamator Kaup 1829). Direction 44  

Clamator Kaup 1829, Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. naturl. Syst. europ. Thierwelt: 53 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Cuculus glandarius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 111) (Aves). Opinion 67 

clamosus Latham 1801 [originally in Cuculus], Index. orn., Suppl.: xxx (Aves). Opinion 407

Claria Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov 1990, Rotifera. Proceedings of the third All-Union Rotifer symposium, 118 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Claria segmentata Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov 1990) (Rotifera). Opinion 2032 

CLARIAIDAE Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov 1990, Rotifera. Proceedings of the third All-Union Rotifer symposium, p. 118 (type genus: Claria Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov 1990), 

spelling emended from CLARIIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Claria is CLARIA- (Rotifera). Opinion 2032  

CLARIIDAE Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov 1990, Rotifera. Proceedings of the third All-Union Rotifer symposium, p. 118, spelling emended to CLARIAIDAE following the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Claria is CLARIA- (Rotifera). Opinion 2032

clathrata Richardson 1844 [originally in Anguilla], Zool. Voy. ‘Sulphur’, 1: 104 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 901  

clathrata Lichtenstein 1794 [originally in Haliotis], Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimum. Sectio secunda continens Conchylia, item mineralia, ligna exotica, et arte parata, p. 105, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Haliotis clathrata Reeve 1846 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1950  

clathrata Reeve, 1846 [originally in Haliotis], Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, Monograph of the genus Haliotis, pl. 17, fig. 71 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1950

Clathurella Carpenter 1857, Cat. Mazatlan Shells: 399 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Clavatula rava Hinds 1843, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1843: 39) (Gastropoda). Opinion 666  

Clausilia Draparnaud 1805, Histoire naturelle des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, p. 24 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pupa rugosa Draparnaud 1801) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1455

CLAUSOCALANIDAE Giesbrecht 1892, Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, vol. 19, p. 185 (type genus: Clausocalanus Giesbrecht 1888) (Copepoda). Opinion 1503

Clausocalanus Giesbrecht 1888, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rendiconti, (4)4(2): 334 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Calanus mastigophorus Claus 1863) (Copepoda). Opinion 1503  

Clavatuligenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427

clavatus Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Cimex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 729 (specific name of the type species of Pilophorus Hahn 1826) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 254

clavatus Meyer [1833] [originally in Conchiosaurus], Museum Senckenbergianum. Abhandlungen aus demGebiete der beschriebenden Naturgeschichte, 1(1): 8 (specific name of the type species of Conchiosaurus Meyer [1833]) (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Opinion 1907

clavatus Müller & Troschel 1842 [originally in Oreaster], System der Asteridien: 49 (Asteroidea). Opinion 707 

Clavelina Savigny 1816, Mém. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 2: 87, 109, 171 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Apstein 1915 (SitzBer. Ges. naturf.-Freunde Berlin, 1915(5): 185): Ascidia lepadiformis Müller 1776, Zool. dan. Prodr.: 226) (Urochordata). Opinion 94, Direction 72

Clavella Oken 1815, Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, vol. 3 (Zoologie), part 1, p. 358 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be valid by monotypy: Lernaea uncinata Müller 1776, a junior subjective synonym of Lernaea adunca Strøm 1762), ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a rejected work (Copepoda). Opinion 1817  

Clavellaria Lamarck 1801, Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 264 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 216 

Clavellarius Olivier 1789, Ency. méth., 4 (Ins.): 22 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 216  

Clavicera Latreille 1802, Hist. nat. Fourmis: 432 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1001

Clavicollis Sahlberg 1903 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377

Clavicomus Pic 1894 (Coleoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2377

clavicornis Fabricius 1794 [originally in Cicada], Entomol. syst., 4: 41, conserved by suppression under the plenary power of the specific names of Cimex aequinoctialis Scopoli 1763 and Cicada quadristriata Gmelin in Linnaeus 1790 (specific name of the type species of Asiraca Latreille 1796) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 602, Opinion 1935  

clavicornis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Dermestes], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 355 (senior subjective synonym of Tenebrio hirticornis De Geer 1775, the type species of Orthocerus Latreille 1796) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1811

clavicornis Dalman 1820 [originally in Encyrtus], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., 1820: 161 (valid name at the date of Opinion 898 of the type species of Bothriothorax Ratzeburg 1844) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 898 

clavicornis Fabricius 1794 [originally in Lygaeus], Entomol. syst., 4: 169 (valid name at the date of Opinion 319 of the type species of Rhypodes Stål 1868) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 319 

clavifrons Dalman 1827 [originally in Calymene], Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 1826: 75 (specific name of the type species of Cyrtometopus Angelin 1854) (Trilobita). Opinion 1434 

claviger Meigen 1804 [originally in Culex], Klass. Beschr. zweifl. Ins., 1(1): 4 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 547

claviger Murray & Blackman 1898 [originally in Rhabdosphaera], Philos. Trans. roy. Soc. London B (Biol.), 190: 438, 439, pl. 15, figs. 13, 14 (specific name of the type species of Rhabdosphaera Haeckel 1894) (Coccolithophorida). Opinion 805

clavigera Mantell 1822 [originally in Cidaris], The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex, p. 194 (specific name of the type species of Tylocidaris Pomel 1883) (Echinoidea). Opinion 1458 

clavigera Müller 1776 [originally in Doris], Zool. dan. Prodr.: 229 (specific name of the type species of Limacia Müller 1781) (Gastropoda). Opinion 833  

Clavigerinella Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan 1957, Studies in foraminifera. United States National Museum Bulletin, Smithsonian Institution no. 215, p. 30 (gender: feminine) (type species, byoriginal designation: Clavigerinella akersi Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan 1957) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 2105 

clavipes Fabricius 1775 [originally in Cimex], Systema Entomologiae, p. 729 (specific name of the type species of Berytinus Kirkaldy 1900) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1504

clavipes Bonsdorff 1785 [originally in Curculio], Hist. nat. Curcul. svec. (2): 40 (specific name of the type species of Otiorhynchus Germar 1824) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 982

clavipes Bonsdorff 1785 [originally in Curculio], Hist. nat. Curcul. svec. (2): 40: NAME TAKEN OFF THE OFFICIAL LIST (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 982, Opinion 2299

clavipes Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Sphex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 569 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1106 of the type species of Rhopalum Stephens 1829) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1106 

clavus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Conus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 716 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 753  

Cleiothyridina Buckman 1906, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)18: 323 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by King 1850 (The Permian fossils of England: 137 footnote) through Cleiothyris Phillips 1841 (Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset: 55): Atrypa pectinifera Sowerby 1840, The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, London, 7: 14) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1041

Cleiothyris Phillips 1841, Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset: 55 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1041

cleo [Hübner 1790-1793] [originally in Papilio], Lep. Linn.: 10 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 975 

Cleobis Simon 1879, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (5)9: 145 (a junior homonym of Cleobis Dana 1847) (Arachnida). Opinion 2050

Clerus Geoffroy 1762, Hist. abr. Ins. env. Paris: 303 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Clerus mutillarius Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 157) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1273

Clibanarius Dana 1852, Amer. J. Sci. Arts, (2)13: 122 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Cancer clibanarius Herbst 1791, Versuch Naturgesch. Krabben Krebse, 2(1): 20) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

Clibanarius Gozis 1882, Mitt. Schweiz. entomol. Ges., 6: 295 (a junior homonym of Clibanarius Dana 1852). Opinion 712  

clibanarius Herbst 1791 [originally in Cancer], Versuch Naturgesch. Krabben Krebse, 2(1): 20 (specific name of the type species of Clibanarius Dana 1852) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712 

Clidastes Cope 1868, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 20: 181 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Clidastes propython Cope 1869) (Reptilia, Sauria). Opinion 1750

CLIIDAE Jeffreys 1869, British conchology, vol. 5, p. 118 (type genus: Clio Linnaeus 1767), nomen protectum by Bouchet & Rocroi 2005, Malacologia, 47: 51 (Pteropoda). Opinion 2133 

Clinocoris Fallén 1829, Hemipt. svec.: 141 (a junior objective synonym of Cimex Linnaeus 1758). Direction 63  

Clinocoris Hahn 1834, Wanzen. Ins., 2(3): 70 (a junior homonym of Clinocoris Fallén 1829). Direction 63

Clinophilus Blanford 1903, Nature, 69: 200 (an unjustified emendation of Klinophilos Kirkaldy 1899). Direction 63

clintonensis Hall 1843 [originally in Graptolites], Geology of New York. Part IV. Survey of the Fourth Geological District, p. 74, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Graptolithus clintonensis Hall 1852 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Graptolithina). Opinion 1730  

clintonensis Hall 1852 [originally in Graptolithus], Palaeontology of New York. Volume II, containing descriptions of the organic remains of the Lower Middle Division of the New York System, p. 39, as defined by the lectotype (specimen no. 30951 in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A., figured by Hall 1852, pl. A17, fig. 1a) designated by the Commission (Graptolithina). Opinion 1730

Clio Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 1094 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Gray 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 203: Clio pyramidata Linnaeus 1767) (Pteropoda). Opinion 2133

Cliona Grant 1826, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 1826: 78 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Cliona celata Grant 1826) (Porifera). Opinion 2133 

CLIONAIDAE d’Orbigny 1851, Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques, vol. 2, p. 209 (type genus: Cliona Grant 1826), spelling emended from CLIONIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Cliona Grant 1826 is CLIONA- (Porifera). Opinion 2133

Clione Pallas 1774, Spicilegia Zoologica, vol. 1, fasc. 10, p. 28 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Clione borealis Pallas 1774, a junior synonym of Clio limacina Phipps 1774) (Pteropoda). Opinion 2133  

Clione Rafinesque 1815, Analyse de la Nature ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés, p. 141 (a junior homonym of Clione Pallas 1774, ruled under the plenary power not to be the type genus of CLIONIDAE Rafinesque 1815) (Pteropoda). Opinion 2133

CLIONIDAE d’Orbigny 1851, Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques, vol. 2, p. 209, an incorrect original spelling of CLIONAIDAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Cliona Grant 1826 is CLIONA- (Porifera). Opinion 2133  

CLIONIDAE Rafinesque 1815, Analyse de la Nature ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés, p. 141 (type genus, as ruled under the plenary power: Clione Pallas 1774) (Pteropoda). Opinion 2133  

Clistocoeloma Milne Edwards 1873, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 310 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Clistocoeloma balansae Milne Edwards 1873, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 9: 311) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37

Clivipollia Iredale 1929, The Australian Zoologist, 5: 347 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Clivipollia imperita Iredale 1929) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1981

Clonograpsus Hall & Nicholson 1873, in Nicholson, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4)9: 138 (ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling for Clonograptus Hall & Nicholson 1873). Opinion 650 

Clonograptus (emendation of Clonograpsus) Hall & Nicholson 1873, in Nicholson, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4)9: 138 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Miller 1889 (N. Amer. Geol. Pal.: 179): Graptolithus rigidus Hall 1858, Geol. Surv. Canada, Rept. for 1857: 121) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650

CLORODIINAE Dana 1851, American Journal of Science and Arts, (2)12(34): 125 a familygroup name based on the generic name Clorodius A.G. Desmarest 1823, suppressed under the plenary power (Crustacea) Opinion 2204  

Clorodius Desmarest 1823, Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, 28: 228 suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Crustacea) Opinion 2204

cloropus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Curculio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 385 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1655  

clotho Lepeletier 1841 [originally in Alastor], in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hymenopt., 2: 668 (specific name of the type species of Alastoroides Saussure 1856) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893 

clouei Studer 1883 [originally in Ergasticus], Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1882(2): 7, 8 (specific name of the type species of Ergasticus Studer 1883) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712

Clunio Haliday 1855, Natural History Review, 2: 62 (gender: masculine), type species Clunio marinus Haliday 1855, by monotypy (Diptera) Opinion 2206 

CLUNIONINAE Kieffer 1906, Genera Insectorum, 42: 3 (type genus Clunio Haliday 1855), ruledunder the plenary power (together with other family-group names based on Clunio) not to be given priority over ORTHOCLADIINAE Kieffer 1911 and other familygroup names based on Orthocladius van der Wulp 1874 whenever their type genera are placed in the same familygroup taxon (Diptera) Opinion 2206

Clupea Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 317 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gill 1861 (Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861: 35): Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 317) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 77, Direction 56 

Clusiodes Coquillett 1904, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 6: 93 (gender: masculine), type species Heteroneura albimana Meigen 1830 designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2262

clymenoides Quatrefages [1866 (summer)] [originally in Johnstonia], Histoire naturelle des annelés marins et d’eau douce. Annélides et géphyriens, vol. 2, p. 244, as defined by the lectotype (specimen A’(R)-1868, no. 239b in the Quatrefages collection in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) designated by Mackie & Gobin 1993, Zoologica Scripta, 22: 231 (specific name of the type species of Johnstonia Quatrefages 1866) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1807 

clypeatus Bertrand 1763 [originally in Echinites], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 102 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592  

clypeatus Fabricius 1787 [originally in Pagurus], Mantissa Insectorum, vol. 1, p. 328 (specific name of the type species of Coenobita Latreille 1829), as defined by the neotype (male specimen USNM 126773 in the U.S. National Museum, Washington) designated under the plenary power (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1575, Opinion 2052  

clytemnestra Fox 1899 [originally in Mutilla] (Hymenoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2386

clytemnestra Peringuey 1899 [originally in Mutilla] (Hymenoptera). ICZN 2016: Opinion 2386

Clytia Lamouroux 1812, Nouv. Bull. sci. Soc. philom. Paris, 3: 184 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Campanularia johnstoni Alder 1856, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)18: 359, 360) (Hydrozoa). Opinion 1345