Richard Valentine Melville

Richard Valentine Melville (1914–1993), secretary to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1968–1985

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: removal of the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177. BHL, Biostor Reference page. 
• Melville, R.V. 1985. Opinion 1314. Hydrophorus nebulosus Fallén, 1823, is the type species of Hydrophorus Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(2): 162–164. BHL. Reference page. 
• Melville, R.V. 1985. Opinion 1331. Sphaeriidae Jeffreys, 1862 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Microsporidae Reichardt, 1976 (Insecta, Coleoptera): placed on the official list. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42: 230–232. BHL. Reference page. 
• Melville, R.V. 1985. Opinion 1358. Calaphis Walsh, 1862 and Callaphis Walker, 1870 (Insecta, Hemiptera): a ruling to remove the confusion. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(4): 341–343. BHL Reference page. 
• Melville, R.V. & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987: Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Work of Zoology. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. 366p. ISBN 0-85301-004-8. (full PDF).