International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS

taxa names:

Tu

Tuba [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VI (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 436  

Tuba Barrande 1848, in Verneuil, Bull. Soc. géol. France, (2)5: 376 (a junior homonym of Tuba Lea 1833). Opinion 436

Tuba Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864, Natuurk. Verh. Wetensch. Haarlem, (3)21 (No. 3): 44 (ajunior homonym of Tuba Lea 1833). Opinion 436

Tuba Fabricius [1823], Fortegnelse over afg. Biskop Fabriciusses eft. Natur.: 80 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 436 

Tuba Lea 1833, Contrib. Geol.: 127 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Cossmann 1912 (Essais Paléoconch. comp. (Livr. 9): 13): Tuba alternata Lea 1833, Contrib. Geol.: 128) (Gastropoda). Opinion 436

Tuba Oken 1815, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (1): 383 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 436  

Tuba Quenstedt 1851, Handb. Petrefaktenk.: 422 (a junior homonym of Tuba Lea 1833). Opinion 436 

Tubaria Thienemann 1828, Lehrbuch Zool.: 12 (a junior objective synonym of Stentor Oken 1815). Opinion 418

tuber Newman 1838 [originally in Merope], Entomol. Mag., 5(2): 180 (specific name of the type species of Merope Newman 1838) (Insecta, Mecoptera). Direction 4  

tuberata Ameghino 1887 [originally in Boryhaena (sic)], Bol. Mus. de la Plata, 1: 8 (specific name of the type species of Borhyaena Ameghino 1887) (Mammalia). Opinion 1209  

tuberculata Hudendorff 1876 [originally in Alona], Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 51(1): 54, pl. II, fig. 6 (a junior homonym of tuberculata Kurz 1874 [originally in Alona]). Opinion 532

tuberculata Nilsson 1826 [originally in Crania], Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 1825: 326 (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1469  

tuberculata Fabricius 1792 [originally in Lagria], Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, vol. 1(2), p. 78 (specific name of the type species of Phymatestes Pascoe 1867) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1525 

tuberculata Gray 1843 [originally in Mystacina], in Dieffenbach, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, vol. 2, p. 296 (specific name of the type species of Mystacina Gray 1843) (Mammalia). Opinion 1994

tuberculatus Conrad 1840 [originally in Acidaspis], Third Ann. Rep. pal. Dep. geol. Surv. New York, Assembly No. 50: 205 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 498

tuberculatus Hall 1859 [originally in Acidaspis], Nat. Hist. New York (Paleontol.), 3: 368-370 (conserved as a binomen under the plenary power) (Trilobita). Opinion 498  

tuberculatus Saussure 1853 [originally in Alastor], Et. Fam. Vesp., 1: 253 (specific name of the type species of Paralastor Saussure 1856) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893

tuberculatus Defrance 1816 [originally in Ananchytes] (Echinodermata). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2467

tuberculatus Kloeden 1834 [originally in Battus], Verstein. Mark Brandenburg: 112 (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 1196 

tuberculatus Bate 1888 [originally in Chorismus], Rep. Voy. ‘Challenger’ (Zool.), 24: 617 (specific name of the type species of Chorismus Bate 1888) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470

tuberculatus Miller 1821 [originally in Cyathocrinites], Nat. Hist. Crinoidea: 88 (specific name of the type species of Temnocrinus Springer 1902) (Crinoidea). Opinion 917

tubercularis Montagu 1803 [originally in Murex] (currently Cerithiopsis tubercularis; Mollusca, Gastropoda, CERITHIOPSIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype not approved. ICZN 2014: Opinion 2329 (Case 3532)

tuberculatus Roux 1828 [originally in Portunus], Crust. Médit.: pl. 32, figs. 1-5 (valid name at the date of Opinion 394 of the type species of Macropipus Prestandrea 1833) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 394

tuberculatus Brünnich 1781 [originally in Trilobus], Nye Samling, af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1: 389 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Trilobita). Opinion 1433

tuberculatus Link 1807 [originally in Trinucleus], Beschr. nat.-Samml. Univ. Rostock, 4: 6 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 505  

tuberculatus Bosc [1802] [originally in Turrilites], Histoire naturelle des coquilles, vol. 5. In: Histoire naturelle de Buffon classée ... d’après le système de Linné, par R.R. Castel, p. 189, pl. 42, fig. 8, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. BMNH C5762a in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London) designated by Kennedy & Wright 1997, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 54: 224) (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea). Opinion 1925

tuberculatus J.R. Forster 1844 [originally in Vespertilio], Descriptiones Animalium quae in Itinere ad Maris Australis Terras per Annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto ..., p. 62, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid (under Article 49 of the Code) as a consequence of the inclusion by Gray (1843) of the taxon within the nominal species Mystacina tuberculata Gray 1843 (specific name of the type species of Chalinolobus Peters 1866) (Mammalia). Opinion 1994

tuberculosocostatus Sandberger & Sandberger 1850 [originally in Goniatites], Versteiner. rheinisch. Schichten-syst. Nassau: 64, 65, pl. 4, figs. 1-1f, pl. 8, figs. 2, 2a (specific name of the type species of Sandbergeroceras (emendation of Sandbergeoceras) Hyatt 1884) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 392

tuberculosus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cerambyx], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 73 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380  

tuberosa Ehrenberg [1834] [originally in Acineta], Physikalische Mathematische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1833: 287, published in the serial in 1835 but issued as a separate in 1834 (specific name of the type species of Acineta Ehrenberg [1834]) (Ciliophora, Suctoria). Opinion 1778

tuberosa Stimpson [1871] [originally in Osachila], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 2 (No. 2): 154 (specific name of the type species of Osachila Stimpson [1871]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36

tuberosa Müller 1786 [originally in Vorticella], Animalcula Infusoria fluviatilia et marina ..., p. 308 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Ciliophora, Suctoria). Opinion 1778

tuberosus Pallas 1766 [originally in Brachionus], Elenchus Zoophytorum ..., p. 105 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Ciliophora, Suctoria). Opinion 1778 

tuberosus Pennant,1777 [originally in Cancer], Brit. Zool. (ed. 4), 4: 7 (specific name of the type species of Ebalia Leach [1817]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36 

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

tubifer Weber 1909 [originally in Siphamia], Notes from the Leyden Museum, 31: 168 (specific name of the type species of Siphamia Weber 1909) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1481 

Tubifex Lamarck 1816, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, p. 224 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Beddard 1895, A monograph of the order Oligochaeta, p. 243: Lumbricus tubifex Müller 1774) (senior objective synonym of Tubifex rivulorum Lamarck 1816) (Annelida). Opinion 2167 

tubifex Müller 1774 [originally in Lumbricus], Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, seu Animalium Infusoriorum, Helminthicorum et Testaceorum, non Marinorum, Succincta Historia, vol. 1, part 2, p. 27 (specific name of the type species of Tubifex Lamarck 1816) (Annelida). Opinion 2167  

TUBIFICIDAE Vejdovský 1876, Sitzungsberichte der k. Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Prag, 1875: 193 (type genus: Tubifex Lamarck 1816) (Annelida). Opinion 2167 

tubiformis Pennant 1777 [originally in Sabella], British Zoology, Crust., Moll., Test., 4: 148 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1225 

Tubina (Barrande MS) Owen 1859, Ency. Brit. (ed. 8), 17: 111 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Tubina armata (Barrande MS) Owen 1859, Ency. Brit. (ed. 8), 17: 111, fig. 17) (Gastropoda). Opinion 436  

Tubolana Bivona Bernardi 1832 (Bivalvia). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2325

TUBULANIDAE Bürger 1904 (1874), in: Nemertini Das Tierreich, Lief. 20, p. 10 (type genus: Tubulanus Renier [1804]), under Article 40.2 of the Code a name having precedence over, but taking the date of, its senior subjective synonym CARINELLIDAE McInstosh 1874 (type genus: Carinella Johnston 1833) (Nemertea). Opinion 1486; original entry amended as per BZN 64: 208 

Tubulanus Renier [1804], Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi: 20, ruled under the plenary powerto be available despite the work having been rejected in Opinion 316 as not properly published (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Tubulanus polymorphus Renier [1804]). Opinion 427, Opinion 1486 

tubusvermicularis Bergius 1765 [originally in Teredo], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., 26: 229 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 767 

tucotuco Brants 1827 [originally in Ratton], Der Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld (Berlin): 187 (a vernacular name). Opinion 1232 

tujafilina Del Guercio 1909 [originally in Lachniella], Redia, 5: 288, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific name of Lachnus greeni Schouteden 1905 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 2172

tulipae Keifer 1938 [originally in Eriophyes], Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 7(2): 185 (specific name of the type species of Aceria Keifer 1944) (Arachnida, Acarina). Opinion 1521 

Tullbergia Lubbock 1876, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4)18: 324 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Tullbergia antarctica Lubbock 1876, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4)18: 324) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 291

tumidus Philipsson 1788 [originally in Unio], Dissertatio Hist. nat. sist. nova Test. Gen.: 17 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336

tunetanus Simon 1885 [originally in Gammarus], Explor. sci. Tunésie: 6 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 992  

TUPINAMBIDAE Gray 1825, Ann. Philos., 26 (n.s. 10): 199 (type genus: Tupinambis Daudin 1802) (invalid because the name of the type genus was not regarded as valid when the familygroup name was established). Opinion 1300 

Tupinambis Daudin 1802, in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 3: 5 (gender: masculine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy through Temapara tupinambis Ray 1693 (Synopsis methodica animalium quadrupedum et serpentini generis: 265): Tupinambis monitor Daudin 1802, in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 3: 20, valid name: Lacerta teguixin Linnaeus 1758) (Reptilia). Opinion 1300 

Tupus Sellards 1906, Amer. J. Sci., (4)22: 249 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Tupus permianus Sellards 1906, Amer. J. Sci., (4)22: 249) (Insecta, Protodonata). Opinion 1317  

turbida Müller 1894 [originally in Cythereis], Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monogr. 21: 371, 372 (specific name of the type species of Hiltermannicythere Bassiouni 1970) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 1173

turbinatus Born 1778 [originally in Trochus], Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, part 1 (Testacea), p. 340 (specific name of the type species of Osilinus Philippi 1847) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1930 

Turbinella Bory de St. Vincent [1827], Ency. méth., Zooph.: 525 (a junior homonym of Turbinella Lamarck 1799). Opinion 489  

Turbinella Lamarck 1799, Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris, 1799: 73 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Voluta pyrum Linnaeus 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1195) (Gastropoda). Opinion 489

TURBINELLIDAE Swainson 1840, Treatise Malac.: 75 (type genus: Turbinella Lamarck 1799) (Gastropoda). Opinion 489  

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

Turbinellum Webb 1948, Handb. Shell Collectors (ed. 8): 233 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Turbinella Lamarck 1799). Opinion 489 

Turbinellus Lamarck 1801, Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 83 (an unjustified emendation of Turbinella Lamarck 1799). Opinion 489  

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

TURBINOIDAE d’Orbigny 1840, in R. de la Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla de Cuba: 34, 35, 38 (invalid because not based on the name of an included genus). Opinion 552

Turbonella Webb 1948, Handb. Shell Collectors (ed. 8): 107 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Turbinella Lamarck 1799). Opinion 489 

Turchiniella Grassé & de Boissezon 1929, Bull. Soc. zool. France, 54(3): 187 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 915  

turcicus Grouvelle 1876 [originally in Laemophloeus], Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr., (5)4: xxxii (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 802 

turneri Sowerby 1824 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 5: 75, pl. 452 (specific name of the typespecies of Euasteroceras Donovan 1953) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 482  

turpior Huene 1935 [originally in Dicynodon], Die fossilen Reptilien des südamerikanischen Gondwanalandes an der Zeitenwende. Ordnung Anomodontia, Lieferung 1, p. 76 (senior subjective synonym of the specific name of Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer 1943, the type species of Dinodontosaurus Romer 1943) (Reptilia, Synapsida). Opinion 1802  

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

turritus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 427 (specific name of the type species of Acrida Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 299

turtoni Bean 1834 [originally in Fusus], Mag. nat. Hist., 7: 493 (Gastropoda). Opinion 469

Tutufa Jousseaume 1881, Bull. Soc. zool. France, 6: 175 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Murex rana bubo Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 748) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1074