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Taxon: Family Chilodontidae Wenz, 1938, nom. cons. (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Wenz, 1938) Warén, in P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005, nom. praeocc., nom. cons.
Original name:  Wenz, 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie 6 (1), [Oct] 1938: 296 ("Chilodontinae").
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 48 ("-idae, Warén, herein").

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 55.3 (fam.: similar type gen.)] Ref: D.G. Herbert & P. Bouchet, 2011. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 68 (3): 177 ("Chilodontinae"). [implicit]
Name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 2024. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 81: Ruling (3)(b) (p. 134). ≡ [new]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1] Ref: ICZN, 2024. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 81: Ruling (3)(b) (p. 134). [inferred]

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Chilodontinae (Subfamily) Wenz, 1938, nom. cons. Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 244. [inferred]
Type: Chilodonta (Genus) Étallon, 1862 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 48. [new] [implicit]

Homonyms

Senior homonym: Chilodontidae (Family) Bronn, 1859, nom. rej. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<21 Mar 2021].
Senior homonym: Chilodontidae (Family) Fowler, 1950, nom. illeg. Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2017: 66 ("Eigenmann, 1912"). [false]. [implicit]
Junior homonym: Chilodontidae (Family) Fowler, 1950, nom. illeg. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 6 Mar 2025.
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