History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Duplornaviricota; Proposal: 2019.006G.A.v1.Riboviria; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

from the Italian duplo meaning "double" and RNA for ribonucleic acid, a reference to viruses in this phylum having double-stranded RNA genomes; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa