International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
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ODOBAENIDAE Allen 1880, U.S. geol. geogr. Surv. Terr., Misc. Publ. 12: 5, 17 (type genus: Odobaenus Fée 1830, an unjustified emendation of Odobenus Brisson 1762) (an incorrect original spelling for ODOBENIDAE Allen 1880). Opinion 544
Odobaenus Fée 1830, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae (ed. prim. reedit.): 59 (an unjustified emendation of Odobenus Brisson 1762). Opinion 544
ODOBENIDAE (correction of ODOBAENIDAE) Allen 1880, U.S. geol. geogr. Surv. Terr., Misc. Publ. 12: 5, 17 (conserved under the plenary power) (type genus: Odobenus Brisson 1762) (Mammalia). Opinion 544
Odobenus Brisson 1762, Regn. Anim. (ed. 2): 30 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 38) (Mammalia). Opinion 467
Odocoileus Rafinesque 1832, Atlantic J. (3): 109 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Odocoileus speleus Rafinesque 1832, Atlantic J. (3): 109) (Mammalia). Opinion 581
ODONTASPIDES Müller & Henle [1839], Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: xvii (type genus: Odontaspis Agassiz 1838) (an incorrect original spelling for ODONTASPIDIDAE Müller & Henle [1839]). Opinion 723
ODONTASPIDIDAE (correction of ODONTASPIDES) Müller & Henle [1839], Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: xvii (type genus: Odontaspis Agassiz 1838), ruled under the plenary power that this and other familygroup names based on Odontaspis Agassiz 1838 are to be given precedence over CARCHARIIDAE Müller & Henle [1839] and other family-group names based on Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 whenever their type genera are placed in the family-group taxon (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 723, Opinion 1459
Odontaspis Agassiz 1838, Rech. Poiss. foss., 3: 87 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Carcharias ferox Risso 1826, Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 3: 122), ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 723, Opinion 1459
Odonteus Samouelle 1819, The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects ..., p. 189 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Scarabaeus mobilicornis Fabricius 1775) (Insecta, Coleoptera). ICZN 2006: Opinion 2138 (Case 3097)
Odonthoplites Breistroffer 1947, Trav. Lab. Geol. Univ. Grenoble, 26: 84 (a junior objective synonym of Hoplites Neumayr 1875). Opinion 353
Odontochile Hawle & Corda 1847, Prodrom Mon. böhm. Trilobiten: 92 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Asaphus hausmanni Brongniart 1822, in Brongniart & Desmarest, Hist. nat. Crust. foss.: 21) (Trilobita). Opinion 537
Odontodactylus Bigelow 1893, Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ., 12: 100 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Bigelow 1931 (Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 72: 144): Cancer scyllarus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 633) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 295
Odontomus Kirby 1837, in Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, or the zoology of the northern parts of British America, part 4, p. 156 (a junior objective synonym of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1784
odorata Latreille 1801 [originally in Testudo], Histoire naturelle des Reptiles, vol. 1, p. 122 (specific name of the type species of Sternotherus Gray 1825) (Reptilia, Testudines). Opinion 1534