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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=Zoology">zoological</a> nomenclature, the <b>valid name</b> of a <a href="page.php?w=taxon">taxon</a> is the correct scientific name for that taxon, given a particular <a href="page.php?w=circumscription_%28taxonomy%29">circumscription</a>. The valid name must be used for that taxon, regardless of any other name that may currently be used for that taxon, or may previously have been used. A name can only be valid (or invalid) when it is an <a href="page.php?w=available_name">available name</a> under the <a href="page.php?w=International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature">International Code of Zoological Nomenclature</a></p><p>
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