Opinion 1714 Streptograptus Yin, 1937 (Graptolithina): Graptolithus plumosus Baily, 1871 designated as the type species

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OPINION 1714
Streptograptus Yin, 1937 (Graptolithina): Graptolithusplumosus
Baily, 1871 designated asthe type species
Ruling
(1 Undertheplenarypowersallpreviousfixationsoftypespeciesforthenominal
genusStreptograptusYin, 1937areherebysetasideandGraptolithusplumosusBaily,
1871 isdesignatedasthetypespecies.
(2) The name Streptograptus Yin, 1937 (gender: masculine), type species by
designationundertheplenarypowersin(1)aboveGraptolithusplumosusBaily, 1871,
isherebyplacedontheOfficial ListofGenericNamesinZoology.
(3) The nameplumosus Baily, 1871, as published in the binomen Graptolithus
plumosus and as defined by the neotype (specimen no. BELUM: K12274d in the
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.) designated by Loydell (1990)
(specificnameofthetypespeciesoiStreptograptusYin,1937),isherebyplacedonthe
OfficialListofSpecificNamesinZoology.
HistoryofCase2697
AnapplicationforthedesignationofGraptolithusplumosusBaily, 1871 asthetype
speciesofStreptograptusYin. 1937wasreceivedfromDrsD.K.Loydell(Instituteof
EarthStudies. UniversityCollegeofWales, Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K.)andChenXu
{NanjingInstituteofGeologyandPalaeontology,AcademiaSinica.Nanjing, China)on
4December 1990.AftercorrespondencethecasewaspublishedinBZN48:236-237
(September 1991). Noticeofthecasewassenttoappropriatejournals.
DecisionoftheCommission
On 1 September 1992themembersoftheCommissionwereinvitedtovoteonthe
proposalspublishedinBZN48:237.Atthecloseofthevotingperiodon1December
1992thevoteswerea—sfollows:
Affirmative votes 27: Bayer, Bock, Bouchet, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Hahn,
Halvorsen, Holthuis, Kabata, Kraus, Lehtinen, Macpherson, Mahnert, Martinsde
Souza, Minelli, Nielsen, Nye, Ride, Savage, Schuster, Starobogatov, Stys,
Thompson,Trjapit—zin, Ueno,Willink
Negativevotes 1: Dupuis.
NovotewasreceivedfromHeppell.
Dupuis voted against because ofthe ambiguity in the citation ofthe specimen
numberintheneotypedesignation(para. 1 oftheapplication).
Originalreferences
ThefollowingaretheoriginalreferencestothenamesplacedonOfficialListsbytheruling
giveninthepresentOpinion:
plumosus. Graptolithus, Baily, 1871, inTraill, W.A. & Egan, F.W., Explanatorymemoirto
accompanySheets49.50andpartof61ofthemapsoftheGeologicalSurveyofIreland...,
p.22.
StreptograptusYin, 1937,BulletinojtheGeologicalSocietyojChina,16:297.
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ThefollowingisthereferenceforthedesignationoftheneotypeofGraptolithusplumosus
Baily, 1871:
Loydell,D.K.1990.Palaeontology,33:938(specimennumbermisprintedasK12275abutgiven
correctlyasK12274dinthecaptionstopi.I,fig.4andp.940,text-fig.1;seeBZN48:236).