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"Law of priority" says that the valid name of an organism is

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Most popular name
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Name given in Latin
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Oldest used name
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Oldest name modified by new workers
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Solution

The correct option is C Oldest used name
"Law of priority" is a principle in taxonomy that states the first properly published name of a species or genus takes precedence over any subsequently published.
So answer is- oldest used name.

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