Taxacom: question on taxonomic authority

[Tony Rees]

With all due respect to Gary, I do not think "nomen translatum" is
applicable in this case (or any others in the species- and genus- groups);
it is applied when the name itself has been changed (i.e., different
termination) to denote the changed rank. The only cases in which this
applies is in the family-group, where the termination itself is indicative
of the rank of the name.

I do not see "nomen translatum" defined anywhere in the Code, but in
Hawksworth, 2010, "Terms used in Bionomenclature", it is stated:
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nomen translatum, [nom. trans.]: (zool.) a name that has been changed in
hierarchical rank with a changed suffix.
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I believe the above to be the correct usage of that term.

Regards - Tony


On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 at 06:47, Rosenberg,Gary via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> The name resulting from a change in rank is sometimes called a "nomen
> translatum", but, as Thomas said, such a change does not constitute a
> nomenclatural act under ICZN4. In the World Register of Marine Species,
> "superseded rank" is one of the reasons one can state for a name not being
> the current name.
>
> Best wishes,
> Gary
>