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Excerpt from Notes on the American Soft-Shell Turtles: With Special Reference to Amyda Agassizii
However, the adoption in 1908 of the changed form of Article 30 apparently nullified previously accepted type selections unless they were couched in the stringent language of the new version.
The new Article 30 was framed and phrased for the purpose of doing away with the uncertainties of personal interpretation unavoidable in the process of elimination. It was intended that the new rule should be applied literally; hence the first article (i a) reads: When in the origi nal publication of a genus, one of the species is definitely designated as type, this species shall be accepted as type, regardless of any other con siderations. (italics mine.) To emphasize this intention the last paragraph of the article was inserted as follows: The meaning of the expression 'select the type' is to be rigidly construed. Mention of a species as an illustration or example of a genus does not constitute a selection of a type. (italics mine.)
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