Hallo again Jennifer
This is a PS to my first msg after seeing Paul Davies' reply. For
marine molluscs a widely used reference is
Checklist of British Marine Mollusca, S.M. Smith & D. Heppell, published
by National Museums of Scotland 1991. Gives current nomenclature usage
and all synonyms. Costs a tenner and available from the Museum still I
think.
Although titled British, it is a good reference for NE Atlantic.
Jan
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Jennifer Thoms
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>I am writing a paper with two colleagues, one of whom is an
>archaeobotanist. The paper attempts to integrate different types of
>environmental evidence, but it is proving more difficult to integrate
>the environmental specialists!!!
>
>We are disagreeing about the need for a full taxonomic referencing
>system - i.e. referring to sheep as Ovis aries L.. (Can't do italics
>on this email system). It is need for the "L" we are disagreeing
>about. (Sus domesticus (Erxleben, 1777)) etc.
>
>We want to be consistent throughout the paper, but are having
>difficulty finding the "correct" naming system for the fish, mollusca
>and mammals. The domesticates are okay, being covered in
>Clutton-Brock and Reitz and Wing, but I can't find a full reference
>for red deer (Cervus elaphus), which I do want to refer to in Latin
>as its regional name varies.
>
>Is it strictly necessary to use this convention for referring to
>plants? Would it be unusual or incorrect to use it in referring to
>animals? How does one find the correct names for animal species,
>short of buying the International Code For Zoological Nomenclature?
>I think the paper will look sloppy if the two zooarchaeologists use
>a different system to that used by the archaeobotanist.
>
>I have spent a couple of days looking through books and papers by
>zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists and it appears that the usual
>way is to give the Linnaean binomial alone, the exception seems to
>be insects, which I can imagine being more complex, new species being
>discovered all the time etc. I have spent ages on the internet
>pursuing this also. I now want to think about something else!!!
>
>Can anyone help??
>
>Jennifer
>
>
>Jennifer Thoms
>Dept of Archaeology,
>University of Edinburgh,
>12 Infirmary Street,
>Edinburgh,
>EH1 1LT
>Tel: 0131 650 2373 / 2384
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