basis of record
Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature (1) the nominal family Trichodina (in Claus 1868) is not an available name because it does not fit Article 11.7.1 and Article 34.1. Trichodina is not a plural and a repeat of the type genus name.
(2) the nominal family Trichodinea (in Claus, 1872) is also not an available name because it is not a plural, which does not fit Article 11.7.1.
(3) Claus, 1876 might be the correct authorship and date of Trichodinidae. [details]
