Taxonomic review reveals homonymy in the brachiopod genus Salairella, highlighting the need for the replacement name Severginaria.
The Upper Ordovician brachiopod genus Salairella is preoccupied by the Devonian stromatoporoid genus Salairella and therefore constitutes a junior homonym. Accordingly, Severginaria nom. nov. is proposed herein as a replacement name for the brachiopod genus.Yong Yi Zhen* [yong-yi.zhen@dpird.nsw.gov.au], Geological Survey of New South Wales, W.B. Clarke Geoscience Centre, 947–953 Londonderry Road, Londonderry NSW 2753, Australia.
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