) BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature50(1)March1993 65 OPINION 1702 Asaphus eichwaldiFischervon Waldheim in Eichwald, 1825 (currently Paladin eichwaldi; Trilobita): neotype designation conserved Ruling (1 ItisherebyconfirmedthatthespecificnameeichwaldiFischervonWaldheim inEichwald,1825,aspublishedinthebinomenAsaphuseichwaldi,istobeinterpreted by reference to the neotype (specimen no. TML 1557/5107 in the Tshernyshev's Museum, St Petersburg, figured by Weber, 1937, pi. 7, fig. 15) designated by Osm61ska(1970). (2) ThenameeichwaldiFischervonWaldheiminEichwald, 1825,aspublishedin the binomen Asaphus eichwaldi and as defined by the neotype designated by Osmolska (1970), confirmed in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official List of SpecificNamesinZoology. HistoryofCase2778 An application for the confirmation of the neotype designation by Osmolska (1970)forAsaphuseichwaldiFischervonWaldheiminEichwald, 1825wasreceived from Prof Gerhard Hahn (Institut ftir Geologic und Paldoniologie. Philipps- Universitdt. Marburg, Germany)on9July 1990. Aftercorrespondencethecasewas pubUshed in BZN 48; 203-205 (September 1991). Notice ofthe case was sent to appropriatejournals.AcommentinsupportfromProfH.B.Whittington{Sedgwick Museum. UniversityofCambridge. Cambridge, U.K.)waspublishedinBZN49: 150 (June 1992). DecisionoftheCommission On 1 September 1992themembersoftheCommissionwereinvitedtovoteonthe proposalspublishedinBZN48:204.Atthecloseofthevotingperiodon1 December 1992thevoteswere—asfollows: Affirmativevotes 24: Bayer, Bock, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Hahn, Halvorsen, Holthuis,Kabata,Kraus, Mahnert,MartinsdeSouza, Minelli,Nielsen, Nye,Ride, Savage,Schuster,—Starobogatov, Stys,Thompson,Trjapitzin,Ueno,Willink Negativevotes 4; Bouchet, Dupuis, LehtinenandMacpherson. Novotewasreceivedfrom Heppell. Dupuiscommentedthatitwasnecessarytomakeclearwhichspecimenwastobe takenastheneotypeofAsaphuseichwaldi(cf.para. 5 oftheapplication). Originalreferences ThefollowingistheoriginalreferencetothenameplacedonanOfficialListbytheruling giveninthepresentOpinion: eichwaldi,Asaphus;FischervonWaldheim,1825,inEichwald,E.von,Geognostico-zoologicae peringriammarisqueBalticiprovinciasneenondetrilobitisobservationes,p.54. ThefollowingisthereferenceforthedesignationoftheneotypeoiAsaphuseichwaldiFischer vonWaldheiminEichwald, 1825: Osmolska,H. 1970. PalaeontologiaPolonica,23: 130(specimennumbermisprintedasTML 1551/5107;seeBZN48:204).