Chapter 1: Zoological Nomenclature
Article 3. Starting point. The date 1 January 1758 is arbitrarily fixed in this Code as the date of the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
3.1. Works and names published in 1758. Two works are deemed to have been published on 1 January 1758: - Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, 10th Edition; - Clerck's Aranei Svecici. Names in the latter have precedence over names in the former, but names in any other work published in 1758 are deemed to have been published after the 10th Edition of Systema Naturae.
3.2. Names, acts and information published before 1758. No name or nomenclatural act published before 1 January 1758 enters zoological nomenclature, but information (such as descriptions or illustrations) published before that date may be used. (See Article 8.7.1 for the status of names, acts and information in works published after 1757 which have been suppressed for nomenclatural purposes by the Commission).
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| francisco | 3. should be modified. "The date 1 January 1758" should be replaced by "31 December 1757".<br> 3.1 should be modified. (1) Clerck's work should be cited as "Svenska Spindlar" because the leading language of Clerck's book was Swedish, Latin was used as the second language. (2) Clerck's work should be given with the date of publication 31 December 1757, Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, 10th Edition with the date 1 January 1758. (3) the passage "Names in the latter have precedence over names in the former, but" should be deleted.<br> 3.2 should be modified. "No name or nomenclatural act published before 1 January 1758" should be replaced by "No name or nomenclatural act published before 1 January 1758 (except Clerck's Svenska Spindlar)"<br> Explanation: On Clerck's book is printed the date 1757, which means that following the rules 31 Dec 1757 has to be seen as the nomenclaturally relevant date of publication. There is no need to begin zoological nomenclature with a confusion forcing 1757 to mean 1758. Clerck's spider names are widely cited with the 1757 date, and zoology does not lose its face if this is officially accepted. |
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