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Bulimus virginieus I. Lea, 1841
1389260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1389260)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling of Bulimus virgineus I. Lea, 1840)
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Bulimus virgineus I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid, a junior homonym of...)
invalid, a junior homonym of Bulimus virgineus Bruguière, 1789
Lea, I. (1841). Description of nineteen new species of Colimacea. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 7(3): 455–465, pls. 11, 12 [taxa herein originally described in 1840 - see article with same title]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318176
page(s): 456 [details]
page(s): 456 [details]
Homonymy Possibly intended as a replacement name for the preoccupied Bulimus virgineus I. Lea. 1840, non Bruguière, 1789. However,...
Homonymy Possibly intended as a replacement name for the preoccupied Bulimus virgineus I. Lea. 1840, non Bruguière, 1789. However, under ICZN (1999) Article 58.15 (presence of absence of -i before a suffix or termination), B. virginieus would also be a junior homonym and likewise invalid [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bulimus virginieus I. Lea, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389260 on 2025-09-11
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Lea, I. (1841). Description of nineteen new species of Colimacea. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 7(3): 455–465, pls. 11, 12 [taxa herein originally described in 1840 - see article with same title]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318176
page(s): 456 [details]
status source Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 456 [details]
status source Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
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Homonymy Possibly intended as a replacement name for the preoccupied Bulimus virgineus I. Lea. 1840, non Bruguière, 1789. However, under ICZN (1999) Article 58.15 (presence of absence of -i before a suffix or termination), B. virginieus would also be a junior homonym and likewise invalid [details]Spelling Spelled Bulimus virginieus in the full description published in 1841. The earlier short description of 1840 had introduced the species as Bulimus virgineus [details]
