Biology is a branch of the natural sciences concerned with the study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment ..
Biology is a branch of the natural sciences concerned with the study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment .... , a subgenus is a taxonomic rank
Taxonomic rank
Taxonomic rank, taxonomic category, rank, or category is an abstract term used in the scientific classification, or taxonomy, of organisms.... directly below genus
Genus
A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species.... . See rank (botany) and rank (zoology).
ICZN may refer to:*International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, an organization*International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, published by that organization... , a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name
Binomen
In ICZN, a binomen, or binominal name, is the name of a species. The term was introduced in 1953.A binomen is a name consisting of two names: generic name and specific name.... , in parentheses, placed between the generic and specific name
Specific name
In zoological nomenclature, a specific name or specific epithet is the second part in the name of a species . The first part is the name of the genus.... : e.g. the Tiger Cowry
Cowry
Cowry, also sometimes spelled cowrie, plural always cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, ocean gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae.... of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris Linnaeus, which belongs to the subgenus Cypraea of the genus Cypraea. However, it is not mandatory, or even customary, when giving the name of a species, to include the subgeneric name.
