International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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Vianellia Nardo 1847, Sinon. modern. Spec. Lag. Golfo Veneto: 8 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 671
viaticus Tullberg 1872 [originally in Achorutes], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm (n.s.), 10 (No. 10): 50 (specific name of the type species of Hypogastrura Bourlet 1839) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 435
viaticus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Sphex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 570, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by van der Vecht 1958 (Entomol. Berichten, 18: 47) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1157
vicarius Horváth 1912 [originally in Oeciacus], Ann. Mus. nat. Hist. Hungary, 10: 261 (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1360
vicina Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 [originally in Calliphora], Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l’Académie des Sciences de l’Institut de France, (2)2: 435 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1670
vicinum Uhler 1861 [originally in Acanthosoma] (Hemiptera). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2406
victoria Allman 1880 (June 24) [originally in Limnocodium], junior synonym of sowerbii Lankester 1880 (June 17) [originally in Craspedacusta] (Opinion 15)
victrix, Myrsidea, Waterston 1915, Entomol. mon. Mag., 51: 13 (specific name of the type species of Myrsidea Waterston 1915) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627
vicugna, Chilicola, Toro & Moldenke 1979 (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Colletidae): neotype not designated. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2418 (Case 3670)
vicugna Molina 1782 [originally in Camelus], Saggio sulle storia naturale del Chile, p. 313, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027
vicugna [Chilicola], neotype not designatd. Opinion 2418
viduatorius Fabricius [1804-1805] [originally in Cryptus], Syst. Piezat.: 70 (specific name of the type species of Cryptus Fabricius [1804-1805]) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Direction 4
viduatus Fabricius 1801 [originally in Staphylinus], Systema Eleutheratorum ..., vol. 2, p. 591 (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 2039
viduus Cameron 1933 [originally in Philonthus], Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 17(2): 346, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. viduus Erichson 1840 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
viduus Erichson 1840 [originally in Philonthus], Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, part 2, p. 506 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
viennensis Herbst 1797 [originally in Kolon], Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten. Der Käfer, part 7, p. 225 (specific name of the type species of Colon Herbst 1797) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1810
vigesimo-tertianae Lewkowicz 1897 [originally in Haemosporidium], Zbl. Bakt. (Abt. 1), 21(4): 133 (published as a technical designation, not as a specific name, and therefore possesses no status under the Code). Opinion 283
vigil Thunberg 1811 [originally in Arctomys], Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 3: 308 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 1586
vigil Fabricius 1798 [originally in Portunus], Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 363 (a junior objective synonym of vigil Weber 1795 [originally in Portunus]). Direction 37
vigil Weber 1795 [originally in Portunus], Nomencl. entomol. Syst. Fabr.: 93 (valid name at the date of Direction 36 of the type species of Podophthalmus Lamarck 1801) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
vigilax Baird & Girard 1853 [originally in Ceraticthys], specific name of the type species of Ceraticthys Baird & Girdard 1853 (Opinion 22)
vigilax Skuse 1889 [originally in Culex], Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, (2)3: 1731 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 979
Villanyia Kretzoi 1956, Geologica Hungarica, series Paleontologica, 27: 188 (gender: feminine), type species by monotypy Villanyia exilis Kretzoi 1956 (Mammalia, Rodentia). Opinion 2265
villosa Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicada], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 86 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
villosa Fabricius 1798 [originally in Phryganea], Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 200 (specific name of the type species of Chaetopteryx Stephens 1829) (Insecta, Trichoptera). Opinion 596
villosa Fabricius 1793 [originally in Tiphia], Entomologia systematica ..., vol. 2, p. 227 (specific name of the type species of Ludita Nagy 1967) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1559
villosus Waltl 1838 [originally in Anthophagus], Isis, encyclopädische Zeitschrift, vorzüglich für Naturgeschichte, vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie, p. 268, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over Lesteva punctata Erichson 1839 whenever they are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2086
vincentianum Woodward 1913 [originally in Pisidium], Cat. brit. Spec. Pisidium: 127 (Bivalvia). Opinion 336
vinetella Fabricius 1787 [originally in Tinea], Mantissa Insectorum ..., p. 242 (specific name of the type species of Eucarphia Hübner [1825]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1426
violacea Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Apis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 578 (specific name of the type species of Xylocopa Latreille [1802]) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 743
violacea Savigny 1816 [originally in Diazona], Mém. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 2: 35 (specific name of the type species of Diazona Savigny 1816) (Urochordata). Direction 73
violacea Isert 1789 [originally in Musophaga], Schrift. Berlin Ges. Nat. Freunde, 9: 18, pl. 1 (specific name of the type species of Musophaga Isert 1789) (Aves). Direction 43
violacea Guérin 1829 [originally in Porcellana], in Duperrey, Voy. ‘Coquille’, Zool., 2(2): pl. 3, fig. 2 (specific name of the type species of Petrolisthes Stimpson 1858) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 701
violaceipennis Lepeletier 1845 [originally in Ammophila], in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hyménopt., 2: 370 (specific name of the type species of Podalonia Fernald 1927) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 857
violaceus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cerambyx], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 73 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
violaceus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Curculio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 378 (specific name of the type species of Magdalis Germar 1817) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 345
violaceus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Dermestes], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 356 (specific name of the type species of Necrobia Olivier 1795) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 604
violaceus De Quatrefages 1865 [originally in Sipunculus (Phascolosomum)], Histoire Naturelle des Annelés marins et d’eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens, p. 619 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Sipuncula). Opinion 1532
violaceus Gravenhorst 1802 [originally in Staphylinus], Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia, p. 162, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Staphylinus violaceus Olivier 1795 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2039
violascens Heller 1862 [originally in Coenobita], Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 12: 524 (Decapoda). Opinion 2052
violascens Gray 1833 [originally in Diura], Entomol. Aust., 1: 21, 27, pl. 6, fig. 1 (and later uses in combination with Acrophylla Gray, Cyphocrania Burmeister, Didymuria Kirby, etc.) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for violescens Leach 1814 [originally in Phasma]). Opinion 641
violellus Herrich-Schaeffer in Stainton 1851 [originally in Nemotois], Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 5 (Die Schaben und Federmotten). Tineides, p. 19 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2067
violescens Leach 1814 [originally in Phasma], Zool. Miscell., 1: 26, pl. 9 (specific name of the type species of Didymuria Kirby 1904) (Insecta, Phasmida). Opinion 641
Vipio Latreille 1804, in: Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle ..., Ed. 1, vol. 24, p. 173 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Agathis longicauda Boheman 1853) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1758
virens Linnaeus 1767 [originally in Cimex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 730 (specific name of the type species of Stenodema Laporte [1833]) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 898
virens Jurine 1820 [originally in Monoculus], Hist. Monocles: 174 (specific name of the type species of Eucypris Vávra 1891) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Opinion 718
Vireo Vieillot 1807, Ois. Amér. sept., 1: 83 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Gadow 1833 (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 8: 292, 301): Vireo musicus Vieillot 1807, Ois. Amér. sept., 1: 83, valid name: Tanagra grisea Boddaert 1783) (Aves). Opinion 67, Direction 81
virescens Fabricius 1794 [originally in Cicada], Entomol. syst., 4: 46 (a junior primary homonym of virescens Gmelin 1790 [originally in Cicada]). Opinion 603
virescens Gmelin 1790 [originally in Cicada], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 4, p. 2111 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 603
virescens Douglas & Scott 1865 [originally in Litosoma], The British Hemiptera-Heteroptera, p. 339, valid subjective synonym of Capsus chloropterus Kirschbaum 1856, the type species of Pachylops Fieber 1858 (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1943
virgata da Costa 1778 [originally in Cochlea], Hist. nat. Test. Brit.: 79 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
virgata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Tellina], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 674 (specific name of the type species of Tellinella Mörch 1853) (Bivalvia). Opinion 987
virginiana Zimmermann 1780 [originally in Dama], Geogr. Gesch. Mens., 2: 129 (Mammalia). Opinion 581
virginiana [Röding] 1798 [originally in Ostrea], Mus. bolten. (2): 169 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for virginica Gmelin [1791] [originally in Ostrea]). Opinion 338
virginica Gmelin [1791] [originally in Ostrea], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3336 (specific name of the type species of Crassostrea Sacco 1897) (Bivalvia). Opinion 338
virginiensis Guérin-Méneville [1831] [originally in Erycina], Icon. Règne Anim., Ins.: 489 (specific name of the type species of Calephelis Grote & Robinson 1869) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 755
virginiensis Edwards 1870 [originally in Pieris] (Lepidoptera). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2405
virgula Deshayes 1831 [originally in Gryphaea], Descr. Coquilles caract. Terrains: 90, pl. v, figs. 12, 13 (Bivalvia). Opinion 310
viridana Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 530 (specific name of the type species of Tortrix Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
viride Latreille 1804 [originally in Cnodalon] (Coleoptera). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2494
viridescens Rafinesque 1820 [originally in Triturus], Annals of Nature: 5 (a name selected by Cope 1859 (Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 11: 126), as first reviser, in preference to miniatus, Triturus, Rafinesque 1820) (Amphibia). Opinion 635
viridiaenea Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Chrysomela], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 66 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
viridiaenea Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicindela], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 76 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
viridiauratus Lacepède 1801 [originally in Macropodus], Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 416 (specific name of the type species of Macropodus Lacepède 1801) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2058
viridicollis Fabricius 1792 [originally in Curculio], Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta, vol. 1, p. 469 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1655
viridiflavus Lacepède 1789 [originally in Coluber], Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens, vol. 2 (Histoire naturelle des serpens), p. 86, ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a rejected work (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1686
viridis Montagu 1804 [originally in Aplysia], Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 7: 76 (Gastropoda). Opinion 1471
viridis Poiret 1801 [originally in Bulimus], Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le département de l’Aisne et aux environs de Paris, pp. 44–47 (specific name of the type species of Bythinella Moquin-Tandon 1856) (Gastropoda). Opinion 2161
viridis Müller 1786 [originally in Cercaria], Animalcula Infusoria, Fluviatilia et Marina, p. 126 (specific name of the type species of Euglena Ehrenberg 1830) (Flagellata). Opinion 1549
viridis [anon.] [1840] [originally in Certhia], Verz. Java Samml. Thier. Holzapfel: No. 115 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 273
viridis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cicada], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 438 (specific name of the type species of Cicadella Latreille 1817) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 647
viridis Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicindela], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 76 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
viridis Latham 1801 [originally in Gracula], Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae, p. 28, suppressed under the plenary power for the Purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Aves). Opinion 2240.
viridis Bourlet 1839 [originally in Isotoma], Mém. Soc. r. Sci. Lille, 1839(1): 401 (specific name of the type species of Isotoma Bourlet 1839) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 291
viridis Bosc 1801 [originally in Laplisia], Histoire naturelle des Vers, contenant leur description et leurs moeurs; avec figures d’après nature, vol. 1, p. 64, and all uses of the name prior to the publication of Aplysia viridis Montagu 1804 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1471
viridis Dana 1849 [originally in Monstrilla], Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione ..., pars I and II, p. 53 (specific name of the type species of Monstrilla Dana 1849) (Copepoda). Opinion 1869
viridis Wilkes 1817 [originally in Motacilla], Encyclopaedia Londinensis, vol. 16, p. 80 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Aves). Opinion 1859
viridis Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Podura], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 608 (specific name of the type species of Sminthurus (emendation of Smynthurus) Latreille [1802]) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 291, Opinion 1043
viridis Cuvier 1830 [originally in Pomacentrus], Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, vol. 5, p. 420, as defined by the lectotype designated by Randall, Bouchet & Desoutter 1985, Cybium, 9(4): 412 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1563
viridis Edwards 1862 [originally in Thecla], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862: 223, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Brown & Clench 1969 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 25: 189) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 953
viridis Edwards 1862 [originally in Thecla], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14(5): 221, 223, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Brown & Clench 1969 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 25: 189) and ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name sheridanii Carpenter 1877, as published in the binomen Thecla sheridonii, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 953, 2291
viridis Vieillot 1816 [originally in Tityra], Becardé, Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle, appliqué, vol. 3, ASI-BOE. 560 pp. Deterville, Paris, p. 348, senior subjective synonym of Psaris cuvierii Swainson 1821, specific name of the type species of Pachyramphus G.R. Gray 1839 (July) (Aves, Passeriformes). Opinion 2263
viridi-squamosa Lacepède 1788 [originally in Testudo], Hist. nat. Quad. ovip. Serpens, 1, Synops. method.: 92 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 660
viridissimus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Gryllus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 430 (specific name of the type species of Tettigonia Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 299
viriditibialis Takeuchi 1930 [originally in Pamphilius], Trans. Kansai entomol. Soc., 1: 13 (specific name of the type species of Viscaccia Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3 (Zool.) (2): 835 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 24
viscivorus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Turdus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 168 (Aves). Opinion 551
vite Skrjabin & Shikhobalova 1948 [originally in Litosoma], Opredelitel’ paraziticheskikh nematod, spiruraty i filyareti, Moscow: 227 (an unjustified emendation of Litomosa viteae Krepkogorskaya 1933). Opinion 1158
viteae Krepkogorskaya 1933 [originally in Litomosa], Zool. Anzeiger, 102: 88 (ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling) (Nematoda). Opinion 1158
vitei Sassuchin, Tiflow & Schulz 1935 [originally in Litosoma], Zeitschr. Parasitenk., 7: 636 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Litomosa viteae Krepkogorskaya 1933). Opinion 1158
vitiensis Girard 1853 [originally in Halophila], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 423 (specific name of the type species of Cornufer Tschudi 1838) (Amphibia). Opinion 1104
vitiensis Dana 1853 [originally in Spherillo], Isopoda in: United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., vol. 14 (Crustacea 2), p. 721, as defined by the neotype (catalogue no. 7635 in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm) designated by Lehtinen, Taiti & Ferrara 1998, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55: 218 (specific name of the type species of Spherillo Dana 1852) (Isopoda). Opinion 1951
vitis Leach 1827 [originally in Pharalis], in Risso, Hist. nat. princip. Prod. Europ. mérid., 5: 217 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 646
Vitrea Fitzinger 1833, Beitr. Landesk. Oesterreich Enns, 3: 99 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Helix diaphana Studer 1820, in Meisner’s Naturw. Anz., Allg. Schweiz. Ges., 3: 86 (also as separate with title: Syst. Verz. schweiz. Conch.: 13)) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
vitrea Burmeister 1838 [originally in Mantis] (Mantodea). ICZN 2017: Opinion 2397
VITREINAE Thiele 1931, Handb. syst. Weichtierk., 2: 587 (type genus: Vitrea Fitzinger 1833) (Gastropoda). Direction 27
Vitrella Clessin 1877, Dtsch. Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 321, 334 (a junior homonym of Vitrella Swainson 1840). Opinion 539
Vitrella Swainson 1840, Treatise Malac.: 360 (a junior objective synonym of Akera Müller 1776). Opinion 539
Vitria Hall 1867, Ann. Rep. New York State Cab. nat. Hist., 20: 42 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Vitrina Draparnaud [1801]). Direction 72
Vitrina Draparnaud [1801], Tabl. Moll. terrestr. fluviat. France: 33, 98 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Helix pellucida Müller 1774, Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 15) (Gastropoda). Opinion 119, Direction 72
Vitrinus Montfort 1810, Conch. Syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 2: 238 (an unjustified emendation of Vitrina Draparnaud [1801]). Direction 72
vitripennis Burmeister 1839 [originally in Perla], Handb. Entomol., 2(2): ii, 850 (specific name of the type species of Marthamea Klapálek 1907) (Insecta, Plecoptera). Opinion 1276
vittata Sjöstedt 1920 [originally in Biformalia], Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(20): 49 (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1489
vittata Stimpson 1860 [originally in Hippolysmata], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860: 26 (specific name of the type species of Hippolysmata Stimpson 1860) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
vittata Fabricius 1801 [originally in Zonitis], Systema Eleutheratorum, vol. 2, p. 24 (specific name of the type species of Nemognatha Illiger 1807) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1918
vittatus Guérin-Méneville [1838] [originally in Buthus], in Lesson (Ed.), Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Par L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie, vol. 2, part 2.1, p. 50, ruled under the plenary power not to be invalid despite being a junior primary homonym of Buthus vittatus Say 1821 (Arachnida, Scorpionida). Opinion 1680
vittatus Say 1821 [originally in Buthus], Journal of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 1: 61, as defined by the neotype (the adult male specimen in the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., labelled ‘Buthus vittatus Say, 1821 NEOTYPE, Det. S.A. Stockwell’ from ‘Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas, 21 May 1984 (S.A. Stockwell)’) designated under the plenary power (Arachnida, Scorpionida). Opinion 1680
vittatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Chaetodon], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 40 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
vittatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Sparus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 42 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
vittipennis Herrich-Schaeffer 1851 [originally in Podisus], in: Die wanzenartigen Insecten, vol. 9, part 6, p. 339 (specific name of the type species of Podisus Herrich-Schaeffer 1851) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1755
vitulina Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phoca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 38 (specific name of the type species of Phoca Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 22
vitulus Fabricius 1775 [originally in Curculio], Systema Entomologiae, p. 152 (senior synonym of Curculio leprosus Olivier 1807, the specific name of the type species of Psuchocephalus Latreille 1828) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2085
vivax Grassi & Feletti 1890 (May) [originally in Haemamoeba], Arch. ital. Biol., 13(2): 300 (Sporozoa). Opinion 283
Viverra Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 43 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Sclater 1900 (Fauna S. Africa, Mamm., 1: 50): Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 44) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Viverravus Marsh 1872, American Journal of Science, (3)4: 127 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872) (Mammalia, Carnivora). Opinion 1517
Viverricula Hodgson 1838, Ann. nat. Hist., 1(2): 152 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Sclater 1891 (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., 2: 238): Viverra indica Desmarest 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat., 24 (Tab.): 17) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
VIVERRIDAE Gray 1821, London med. Reposit., 15: 301 (type genus: Viverra Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 53
viverrinus Cope 1874 [originally in Prototomus], Ann. Rep. Chief Engineers (U.S.), Appendix F F (Mammalia). Opinion 1263
Vivipara Kobelt 1906, NachBl. deutsch. Malakozool. Ges., 38: Inhalt [2] (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Viviparus Montfort 1810). Opinion 573
Vivipara Martini 1767, [Kurze Abhandl. Conch.: 97] (a name not made available in the work cited, itself rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 543
Vivipara Sowerby 1813, Min. Conch., 1(6): 75 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Viviparus Montfort 1810). Opinion 573
vivipara Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 772, as interpreted under the plenary power by the lectotype designated by Watson 1955 (Proc. malac. Soc. London, 31: 171) (specific name of the type species of Viviparus Montfort 1810) (Gastropoda). Opinion 573
Viviparella Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 144 (an unjustified emendation of Viviparus Montfort 1810). Opinion 573
VIVIPARIDAE Gray 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15(178): 155 (conserved under the plenary power) (type genus: Viviparus Montfort 1810) (Gastropoda). Opinion 573
Viviparous Collinge 1891, Conchologist, 1: 31 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Viviparus Montfort 1810). Opinion 573
Viviparus Montfort 1810, Conch. syst. Class. méth. Coquilles, 2: 246 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Helix vivipara Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 772, as interpreted under the plenary power by the lectotype designated by Watson 1955 (Proc. malac. Soc. London, 31: 171)) (Gastropoda). Opinion 573