Linnaean tautonymy

Linnaean tautonymy
the identical spelling of a new generic or subgeneric name established before 1931 and a pre-1758 name cited as a synonym of only one of the species or subspecies originally included in that genus

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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  • tautonymy — state of having the species or subspecies name identical to the generic name of the genus in which it is placed. Absolute tautonymy is the identical spelling of a generic or subgeneric name and the specific or subspecific name of one of its… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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