Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Caliciviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1981; : ; ICTV Report: Caliciviridae; Reference: PMID: 10804145

from the Latin calix, meaning “cup” or “goblet”, referring to cup-shaped depressions on the virion surface of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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