Examples To Illustrate Practical Use
In citing the name of an author, the surname is given in full, not abbreviated, with no mention of the first name(s). The date (true year) of publication in which the name was established is added, if desired with a comma between the author and date (the comma is not prescribed under the Code, it contains no additional information, however it is included in examples therein and also in the ICZN Official Lists and Indexes).
- Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
- the Bowhead Whale was described and named by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae of 1758
- Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)
- the White-fronted Goose was first described (by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli), as Branta albifrons Scopoli, 1769. It is currently placed in the genus Anser, so author and year are set in parentheses. The taxonomist who first placed the species in Anser is not recorded (and much less cited), the two different genus-species combinations are not regarded as synonyms.
An author can have established a name dedicated to oneself. This sounds unusual and is rare, and is against the unwritten conventions, but it is not restricted under the Code.
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)
- a terrestrial gastropod from Ukraine was first described as Helix krynickii Krynicki, 1833, who originally attributed the name to another person Andrzejowski. But the description was written by Krynicki, and Andrzejowski had not published this name before.
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