Outdated malacological nomenclature in Quaternary and archaeological publications
Keywords:
taxonomy, systematics, nomenclature, MolluscaBase, taxonomic databases
Abstract
Scientific names of species are not stable. They mostly change because the new scientific results refute pre-existing hypotheses about the evolutionary relationships of organisms. The results of taxonomy and systematics only slowly (if ever) penetrate to other disciplines. Reading Quaternary and archaeological publications both in English and Hungarian, one can see that some scientific names are still used as valid, despite being incorrect even for decades. In this paper I try to elucidate the background of this phenomenon, and suggest solutions.
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LAURIN, M. 2010: The subjective nature of Linnaean categories and its impact in evolutionary biology and biodiversity studies. — Contributions to Zoology 79 (4), 131–146. https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-07904001
MOLLUSCABASE eds. 2020: MolluscaBase. Accessed at http://www.molluscabase.org on 2020-04-17.
NEIBER, M. T., SAGORNY, C., & HAUSDORF, B. 2016: Increasing the number of molecular markers resolves the phylogenetic relationship of ‘Cepaea’ vindobonensis (Pfeiffer 1828) with Caucasotachea Boettger 1909 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae). — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54 (1), 40–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12116
PÁLL-GERGELY, B. 2018: Szemléletváltás szükséges a taxonómia és szisztematika viszonyáról és meghatározásáról. — Magyar Tudomány 179 (7), 1083–1093. https://doi.org/10.1556/2065.179.2018.7.15
PODANI, J. 2010: Evolúció, törzsfa, osztályozás. — Magyar Tudomány 171 (10), 1179–1192.
THEURILLAT, J.-P., WILLNER, W., FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ, F., BÜLTMANN., ČARNI, A., GIGANTE, D., MUCINA, L., & WEBER, H. 2020: International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12491
WHEELER, Q. 2004: Taxonomic Triage and the Poverty of Phylogeny. — Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society, London B, Biological Sciences 359, 571–583. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2003.1452
Published
2020-09-26
Section
Articles
