Taringa (gastropod)
Introduction '''''Taringa''''' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.
Species Species in the genus ''Taringa'' include:* ''Taringa aivica'' Marcus & Marcus, 1967* ''Taringa arcaica'' Moro y Ortea, 2015* ''Taringa armata'' Swennen, 1961* ''Taringa ascitica'' Ortea, Perez & Llera, 1982* ''Taringa bacalladoi'' Ortea, Perez & Llera, 1982* ''Taringa faba'' Ballesteros, Llera & Ortea, 1985* ''Taringa halgerda'' Gosliner & Behrens, 1998* ''Taringa iemanja'' Alvim & Pimenta, 2013* ''Taringa oleica'' Ortea, Perez & Llera, 1982* ''Taringa pinoi'' Perrone, 1985* ''Taringa robledales'' Ortea, Moro y Espinosa, 2015* ''Taringa sublutea'' (Abraham, 1877)* ''Taringa telopia'' Marcus, 1955 - type species of the genus ''Taringa''* ''Taringa tritorquis'' Ortea, Perez & Llera, 1982;Synonyms:* ''Taringa caudata'' (Farran, 1905): synonym of ''Taringa sublutea'' (Abraham, 1877)* ''Taringa fanabensis'' Ortea & Martínez, 1992: synonym of ''Taringa millegrana'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854): synonym of ''Aporodoris millegrana'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854)* ''Taringa luteola'' (Kelaart, 1858): synonym of ''Taringa sublutea'' (Abraham, 1877)* ''Taringa millegrana'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854): synonym of ''Aporodoris millegrana'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854)* ''Taringa tarifaensis'' García-Gómez, Cervera & García-Martin, 1993: synonym of ''Taringa millegrana'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854): synonym of ''Aporodoris millegrana'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Taxonomy The genus ''Taringa'' was described by Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus in 1955 with the type species ''Taringa telopia''.Valdés & Gosliner (2001) synonymized the genera ''Aporodoris'' Ihering, 1886 and ''Taringa'' Er. Marcus, 1955.They used ''Taringa'' as the valid name (declaring it to be a ''nomen protectum'') because they (erroneously) considered the senior synonym ''Aporodoris'' not to have been used as a valid name since 1886.Valdés & Gosliner (2001) carried out an erroneous reversal precedence. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature should publish a decision on which name should be used in such cases, according to  Article 23.10 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. In the meantime, the name in prevailing usage must be used (according to Article 23.10).Dayrat (2010) agreed with the synonymization of the genera ''Aporodoris'' and ''Taringa''. However, he considered the generic name ''Aporodoris'' and the specific name ''Aporodoris millegrana'' to be valid using strict application of the Principle of Priority.List of works with the name ''Aporodoris'' used as valid:* Ihering 1886* Eliot 1910 - he provisionally used the genus ''Aporodoris''* Burn 1973* Dayrat 2010Genus ''Taringa'' was used as valid in at least 30 works. List of works with the name ''Taringa'' used as valid:* Er. Marcus 1955* Swennen 1961* Marcus & Marcus, 1967* Marcus E. 1976* Behrens & Henderson 1982* Ortea, Perez & Llera, 1982* Ballesteros, Llera & Ortea, 1985* Perrone 1985* Perrone 1986* Gosliner & Behrens 1998* Ortea & Martínez 1992* García-Gómez, Cervera & García-Martín 1993* Valdés & Gosliner 2001* Valdés 2002* Camacho-García & Valdés 2003* Dayrat 2005* Dayrat & Gosliner 2005* Johnson 2008 unpublished* Camacho-García 2009 * Malaquias et al. 2009* Johnson 2011Overview of works with unclear use of the name ''Taringa'' and ''Aporodoris'':* Dayrat 2011
References
Further reading * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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