Spelling of Piseinotecus gabinierei

January 18, 2001
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
Concerning your question about the right spelling of Piseinotecus gabinierei:
Luis Sánchez Tocino [EMAIL: lstocino@retemail.es ) wrote the name is spelled with the last "E", so it must be Piseinotecus gabinierei (Vicente, 1975)
Cheers,
Erwin

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de

Koehler, E., 2001 (Jan 18) Spelling of Piseinotecus gabinierei. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3548

Dear Erwin,
Unfortunately it is not quite so simple. If Vicente mispelt Gabiniere's name 'Gabinier' throughout the 1975 publication then the spelling without the 'e' is the 'correct' spelling. Only if there is an error which can be seen within the publication can a spelling be changed. If I was naming a species after you and said 'I name this species Piseinotecus eriwini after Eriwin Koehler' then the name 'eriwini' is considered the correct spelling, unless there is clear evidence in the paper that your name is really spelt Erwin. If I mention your name 'Erwin Koehler' as the collector or in the acknowledgements, then this is good evidence to show your name is Erwin not Eriwin and that the correct spelling of the species name P. erwini.

In this case I unfortunately can not obtain a copy of Vicente's paper. If someone could send me one, or have a look at it I would be grateful. We need to find out how Vicente spelt the name Gabinier or Gabiniere.

• Vicente, N. (1975) Un nouveau espece de gasteropode nudibranche en Mediterrnaee Facelina gabinieri n.sp. Trav. Sci. Parc. Nat. Port. Cros., 1: 67-74

Sorry it's complicated,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 18). Comment on Spelling of Piseinotecus gabinierei by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3548

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