Parent taxon spelled differently in the Catalogue of Life

Source: IUCN Red List 2026-1 vs Catalogue of Life COL26.7 XR (2026-07-17) · 94 rows

The table below lists higher-rank names whose parent taxon is spelled slightly differently in IUCN and the Catalogue of Life (a typo, a diacritic, a Unicode-encoding difference, or a short spelling difference), which suggests the same placement written two ways. Only names within the same phylum are compared.

Why it matters

A near-identical parent name usually means the same placement recorded two ways. Aligning the spelling lets the two classifications match up.

Suggestion

Confirm the intended spelling of the parent name in each row.

The Catalogue of Life crosscheck

Every assessed name is checked against the Catalogue of Life; each difference found is listed on exactly one of the pages below. Pages are ordered by how likely a row is to need a change.

Page	Action	Names	What it lists
Names with a close Catalogue of Life match	Fix by hand	799	Not in CoL under this name; a near spelling is, in the same genus or with the same epithet.
Names not in the Catalogue of Life, but an IUCN synonym is	Fix by hand	134	Not in CoL under this name; one of the taxon's IUCN synonyms is there as a synonym.
Species and subspecies treated as synonyms in the Catalogue of Life	Decide policy	11,664	CoL treats the name as a synonym of an accepted name that IUCN does not list.
Higher-rank names treated as synonyms in the Catalogue of Life	Fix by hand	717	A genus, family, order, or class name that CoL records only as a synonym.
Parent taxon spelled differently in the Catalogue of Life this page	Fix by hand	94	Same parent taxon in both, spelled slightly differently.
Name pairs where IUCN and the Catalogue of Life differ on which name is accepted	No action	2,742	Both catalogues hold both names and disagree only on which is accepted.
Higher-rank names placed under a different parent in the Catalogue of Life	No action	1,663	CoL places the name under a different order, class, or family.
Appendix
Names not in the Catalogue of Life, but a Wikidata or Wikipedia name is	Fix by hand	23	Not in CoL under this name or an IUCN synonym; Wikidata or Wikipedia give a name CoL has.
Author names spelled differently	Fix by hand	9,343	Same name in both; the author is spelled slightly differently.
Names not in the Catalogue of Life under any known name	No action	722	Not in CoL under this name, a near spelling, or any other name known for the taxon.

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order	1
family	8
genus	85

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IUCN name	Rank	Rank compared	IUCN placement	CoL placement	CoL entry	Group	IUCN taxa	Detail
BALANOMORPHA	order	class	THEOCOSTRACA	Thecostraca	view	Crustaceans: Barnacles	2	Class placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'THEOCOSTRACA' versus CoL 'Thecostraca'.
NEOLEPETOPSIDAE	family	order	PATELLIDA	Nacellida	view	Molluscs: Gastropods	11	Order placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'PATELLIDA' versus CoL 'Nacellida'.
SEPIADARIIDAE	family	order	SEPIIDA	Sepiolida	view	Molluscs: Cephalopods	8	Order placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'SEPIIDA' versus CoL 'Sepiolida'.
IDIOSEPIIDAE	family	order	IDIOSEPIIDA	Idiosepida	view	Molluscs: Cephalopods	6	Order placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'IDIOSEPIIDA' versus CoL 'Idiosepida'.
HOLOTHYRIDAE	family	order	HOLOTHYROIDAE	Holothyrida	view	Arachnids	4	Order placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'HOLOTHYROIDAE' versus CoL 'Holothyrida'.
LIMULIDAE	family	order	XIPHOSURA	Xiphosurida	view	Other invertebrates: Horseshoe crabs	4	Order placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'XIPHOSURA' versus CoL 'Xiphosurida'.
LOTTIIDAE	family	order	PATELLIDA	Nacellida	view	Molluscs: Gastropods	2	Order placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'PATELLIDA' versus CoL 'Nacellida'.
EUPHAUSIIDAE	family	order	EUPHASIACEA	Euphausiacea	view	Crustaceans	1	Order placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'EUPHASIACEA' versus CoL 'Euphausiacea'.
PECTINODONTIDAE	family	order	PATELLIDA	Nacellida	view	Molluscs: Gastropods	1	Order placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'PATELLIDA' versus CoL 'Nacellida'.
Pterorhinus	genus	family	LEIOTRICHIDAE	Leiothrichidae	view	Birds	23	Family placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'LEIOTRICHIDAE' versus CoL 'Leiothrichidae'.
Trochalopteron	genus	family	LEIOTRICHIDAE	Leiothrichidae	view	Birds	19	Family placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'LEIOTRICHIDAE' versus CoL 'Leiothrichidae'.
Argya	genus	family	LEIOTRICHIDAE	Leiothrichidae	view	Birds	17	Family placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'LEIOTRICHIDAE' versus CoL 'Leiothrichidae'.
Charmosyna	genus	family	PSITTACIDAE	Psittaculidae	view	Birds	15	Family placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'PSITTACIDAE' versus CoL 'Psittaculidae'.
Trichoglossus	genus	family	PSITTACIDAE	Psittaculidae	view	Birds	15	Family placement differs and 2-character spelling difference: IUCN 'PSITTACIDAE' versus CoL 'Psittaculidae'.
Garrulax	genus	family	LEIOTRICHIDAE	Leiothrichidae	view	Birds	14	Family placement differs and 1-character spelling difference: IUCN 'LEIOTRICHIDAE' versus CoL 'Leiothrichidae'.

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