virtual tautonymy

virtual tautonymy
the nearly identical spelling, or same origin or meaning, in nomenclature, of a generic or subgeneric name and the species or subspecies name in a binomen or trinomen originally included in the genus (not a term regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)

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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