name-bearing type

plural name-bearing types

1. biologyFor a species or lower-order taxon, a type (specimen or illustration) that determines the application of the species name; for a genus, the type species; for a family, the type genus.

   A nominal species and its nominotypical subspecies have the same name-bearing type [Arts. 47a, 61b].

   1995, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: Draft, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, page 72

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   Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole name-bearing type of this species.

   2000, Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, page 27

   In principle, the answer should be straightforward: examine the name-bearing type, and confirm its protoconch type.

   2010, Philippe Bouchet, Ellen E. Strong, “Chapter 6: Historical Name-Bearing Types in Marine Molluscs: An Impediment to Biodiversity Studies?”, in Andrew Polaszek, editor, Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 65

   Principle III: The application of names of taxa is determined by means of name-bearing types (hereafter referred to as types), although this principle does not apply to certain names at suprafamilial ranks.

   2012, Bharati Bhattacharyya, “2: Plant Nomenclature: an Overview”, in Rajni Gupta, editor, Plant Taxonomy: Past, Present, and Future: Dr Prithipalsingh Festschrift, TERI, page 51