The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) generates and disseminates information on the correct use of the scientific names of animals. The ICZN also produces the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - a set of rules for the naming of animals and the resolution of nomenclatural problems.
Full title: Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
