International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
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Ova Gray 1825, Ann. Phil., 26: 431 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Spatangus canaliferus Lamarck 1816, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 3: 31) (Echinoidea). Opinion 209
ovalis Quenstedt 1886 [originally in Ammonites sowerbyi], Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura, II, Der Braune Jura, p. 488, ruled under the plenary power to be an available name, not invalid by reason of being a junior homonym (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
ovalis Burmeister 1838 [originally in Gyropus], Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 443 (specific name of the type species of Gyropus Nitzsch 1818) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 342
ovalis Steindachner 1900 [originally in Heliastes], Denkschriften der Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 70 (for 1901), p. 502, p. 20 in the separate issued in 1900, ruled under the plenary power not to be invalid by reason of having been rejected before 1961 as a junior secondary homonym of Chromis ovalis Steindachner 1866 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1622
ovalis Dawson 1860 [originally in Naiadites], Supplement to Acadian Geology: 45, as interpreted by reference to the specimen figured by Dawson 1894 (Canadian Record of Science: 129, fig. 11) as Anthracomya ovalis (No. 2, 1170 in the Redpath Museum, Montreal, Canada) (Bivalvia). Opinion 728
Ovarium Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 100 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
ovarius Bertrand 1763 [originally in Echinites], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 102 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
ovata Rudolphi 1803 [originally in Fasciola], Archiv Zool. (Wiedemann), 3(2): 25, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Braun 1901 (Zbl. Bakt. (Abt. 1), 29: 12-19) (Trematoda). Opinion 227
ovata Osborn & Drake 1916 [originally in Fenestrella], Ohio State Univ. Bull., 20: 222 (specific name of the type species of Fenestrella Osborn & Drake 1916) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 622
ovata Swainson 1839 [originally in Hamiltonia], Nat. hist. class. fishes amph. rept., 2: 250 (a junior objective synonym of Chanda nama Hamilton-Buchanan 1822). Opinion 1121
ovatum Brown 1827 [originally in Galericulum], Ill. Conch. Gt. Brit.: pl. 38, figs. 27, 28 (pl. reissued in 1844 in 2nd ed. as pl. 19, with descr. on p. 23) (valid name at the date of Opinion 335 of the type species of Otina Gray 1847) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
ovatus Clerck [1758] [originally in Araneus], Aran. svec.: 58, pl. 3, Tab. 8 (Arachnida). Opinion 517
ovatus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gasterosteus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 296 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1841
Ovibos Blainville 1816, Bull. Sci. Soc. philomat. Paris, 1816: 76 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Elliot 1901 (Field Mus. Publ. (Zool.), 2: 48): Bos moschatus Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mens., 2: 86) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24
ovifera Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Vorticella], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1319 (specific name of the type species of Boltenia Savigny 1816) (Ascidiacea). Opinion 636
Ovis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 70 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 70) (Mammalia). Opinion 75
ovis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Oestrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 585 (specific name of the type species of Oestrus Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Diptera). Direction 64
Ovuligenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
ovulum Müller 1773 [originally in Enchelis], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 1: 36 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 915
ovulum Lamarck 1816 [originally in Fibularia], Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 3: 17 (specific name of the type species of Fibularia Lamarck 1816) (Echinoidea). Opinion 207