Genus "Herellea"

Name: "Herellea" De Bord 1942

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: He.rel’le.a. N.L. fem. n. Herellea, after D'Herelle

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Herelle-), he-REL-le-a

Type species: "Herellea vaginicola" De Bord 1942

Original publication: De Bord G. Description of Mimeae Trib. nov. with three genera and three species and two new species of Neisseria from conjunctivitis and vaginitis. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 1942; 16:471-480.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Herellia"; "Herrellea".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HERL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 40. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 40. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:105-106.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Herellea vaginicola" De Bord 1942	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Johnson RC, Faine S. Genus I. Lepstospira Noguchi 1917, 755AL. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 62-67. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 10071