Opinion 1701 Ptychagnostus Jaekel, 1909 and Glyptagnostus Whitehouse, 1936 (Trilobita): accepted usage conserved

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OPINION 1701
Ptychagnostus Jaekel, 1909 and Glyptagnostus Whitehouse, 1936
(Trilobita): accepted usage conserved
Ruling
(1 UndertheplenarypowersitisherebyruledthatthepaperUberdieAgnostiden
byJaekelistreated:
(a) asthoughprintedsothatthedefinitionofPtychagnostusonp.401 appeared
atthetopofp.400;
(b) ashavingbeenpublishedinitsentiretyin 1909.
(2) ItisherebyconfirmedthatthenominalspeciesAgnostuspunctiiosusAngelin,
1S51 isthetypespeciesbyoriginaldesignationofthenominalgenusPtychagnostus
Jaekel, 1909.
(3) ThefollowingnamesareherebyplacedontheOfficialListofGenericNames
inZoology:
(a) Ptychagnostus Jaekel, 1909 (gender: masculine), type species by original
designationAgnostuspunctuosusAngelin, 1851,asconfirmedin(2)above;
(b) GlyptagnostusWhitehouse, 1936(gender: masculine),typespeciesbyoriginal
designation GlyptagnostustoreumaWhitehouse, 1936.
(4) ThefollowingnamesareherebyplacedontheOfficialListofSpecificNames
inZoology:
(a) punctuosusAngelin, 1851, as published in the binomen Agnostuspunctuosus
(specificnameofthetypespeciesofPtychagnostusJaekel, 1909);
(b) toreumaWhitehouse,1936,aspublishedinthebinomenGlyptagnostustoreuma
(specificnameofthetypespeciesofGlyptagnostusWhitehouse, 1936).
(5) ThepaperUberdieAgnostidenbyJaekel(1909)isherebyplacedontheOfficial
ListofWorksApprovedasAvailableforZoological Nomenclature.
HistoryofCase2805
AnapplicationfortheconservationoftheacceptedusageofPtychagnostusJaekel,
1909andGlyptagnostusWhitehouse, 1936wasreceivedfromDrsJ.H.Shergoldand
J.R. Laurie (Bureau ofMineral Resources. Canberra, Australia) on 28 December
1990.AftercorrespondencethecasewaspublishedinBZN48:200-202(September
1991). Notice ofthe case was sent to appropriatejournals. Comments in support
fromDrA.W.A. Rushton(British GeologicalSurvey, Keyworth, Nottingham, U.K.)
andProfH.B.Whittington(SedgwickMuseum, UniversityofCambridge, Cambridge,
U.K.)werepublishedinBZN49: 150-151 (June 1992).
DecisionoftheCommission
On 1 September1992themembersoftheCommissionwereinvitedtovoteonthe
proposals published in BZN 48: 201-202. At the close ofthe voting period on 1
December 1992thev—oteswereasfollows:
Affirmativevotes 28: Bayer, Bock, Bouchet, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Dupuis,
Hahn, Halvorsen, Holthuis, Kabata, Kraus, Lehtinen, Macpherson, Mahnert,
MartinsdeSouza,Minelli,Nielsen,Nye,Ride,Savage,Schuster,Starobogatov,Stys,
Thompson,Trjapitzin, Ueno,Willink
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Negativevotes none.
NovotewasreceivedfromHeppell.
Originalreferences
ThefollowingaretheoriginalreferencestothenamesplacedonOfficialListsbytheruling
giveninthepresentOpinion:
GlyplagnostusWhitehouse, 1936,MemoirsofIheQueenslandMuseum,11: 101.
PtychagnostusJaekel, 1909,ZeilschriflderDeutschenGeologischenGesellschafi,61:401.
punctuosus. Agnostus. Angelin, 1851,PalaeonlologiaScandinavicaPars1. CrustaceaForma-
tionisTransilionis,p.8.
toreuma,Glyplagnostus,Whitehouse, 1936,MemoirsoftheQueenslandMuseum,11: 102.
ThefollowingistheoriginalreferencetotheworkplacedonanOfficialListbytheruling
giveninthepresentOpinion:
Uherdie Agnostiden, Jaekel, 1909, Zeilschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschafi, 61:
380-401.