j4^8 Bvlletin of Zoological Nomenclature OPINION 633 NOBELLA BITTNER, 1890 (BRACHIOPODA, ARTICULATA) ; DESIGNATION OF A TYPE-SPECIES UNDER THE PLENARY POWERS RULING.— (1) Under the plenary powers all designations of type-species for the nominal genus Novella Bittner, 1890, made prior to the present Rulmg, are hereby set aide, and the nominal species Rhyncho^iella refrachfrons Bittner, 1890, is hereby designated to be the type-species of that genus. (2) The generic name Norella Bittner, 1890 (gender: feminine), type-species by designation under the plenary powers in (1) above Rhynchonella llJTc^rZs Bittner. 1890, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology with the Name No. 1481. (sTtL speciic name refractifrons Bittner, 1890, as published m the binomen Rk^nlkLlll refractifronsitjve-svecie. of Norella Bittner^^ '^Zem^lsiJ placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology mth the Name No^l817^ ^ (4) The family-group name kokellinae Ager, 1959 type-genus A^oreHa Bittner, 1890) is hefeby placed on the Official List of Pamily-Group Names m Zoology with the Name No. 326. HISTORY OF THE CASE (Z.N.(S.) 1445) The present case was submitted by Dr. D. V. Ager on 3 December 1959 It was sL to the prmter on 4 March 1960 and was pubhshed on 16 September 1960 in Bull. zoolNomencl. 17 : 349-350. PubUc Notice of the possible use by the Commission of its plenary powers in the present case was g^^^^JJ "^^^« same part of the Bulletin as weU as to the other P--"^^^ ^rf pubhcat^^^^ {Bull zool. Nomencl. 4 : 51-56). The proposals were supported by Professor Alan Wood {Bull. zool. Nomencl. 18 : 122). DECISION OF THE COMMISSION On 3 July 1961 the Members of the Commission were invited to vote under the Three-Month Rule on Votmg Paper (61)22 either for or against the proposals Lt ouUn Bull. zool. Nomencl. 17 : 350. At the close of the prescribed votmg period on 3 October 1961 the state of the voting was as follows : ^ Affirmative Votes-twenty-two (22), received m the foUo^vong order Boschma, Holthuis, Lemche, Mmiroe, Maj-r, Vokes Obruchev, do A^aral. Hering, Prantl, Hemmmg, Riley, Jaczewski, Uchida, Mertens, Tortonese, Brinck, Kiihnelt, Bonnet, Bradley, Alvarado, PoU. Negative Votes— one (1) : Key. On Leave of Absence— three (3) : Evans, MiUer, StoU. Commissioner Key returned the foUo^^-ing comment with his negative vote ^ " I take rather a different view from that of the apphcant regarding the status of the name ' Rhynchonella seUaris Laube spec.', which was selected as the Bull. zod. NoTnencl., Vol. 19, Part 3. May 1962.
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