Acanthocythereis colini nomen novum for A. reticulata Sciuto, 2014

[摘要] In Sciuto (2014), a new species, Acanthocythereis reticulata, was described from the Upper Pliocene sediments of NE Sicily and belonging to the family Trachyleberididae Sylvester-Bradley, 1948. Nonetheless, the new species name is preoccupied by A. reticulata Smith, 1978, described from the Danian of Alabama (p. 553, Pl. 5, figs. 5-7). According to the Code of Zoological Nomenclature it is necessary to replace the name of the junior homonym. Therefore, I propose a new name for the species from Capo Milazzo.

[学科分类] 地质学

[关键词] Marine Ostracods;Trachyleberididae;bathyal;new species;Plio-Pleistocene;Sicily