Dear Harry et al.,
Gmelin (1791: 3397-3421) described 123 species of what he called
Cypraea. None was named angelicae. Species 59 (pp. 3411-2) is C. Pyrum,**
which he introduced, along with several others, as new.
Harry (Lee)
Gmelin, J. F., 1791, Systema naturae 13th edition, volume 1, part 6.
pp.3021-3909.
** In the Systema Naturae (including the editions from the pen of
Linnaeus), the use of upper case for the first letter of a species-level
epithet indicated that the word was a noun rather than an adjective (as in
German). Although the convention never caught on, it helps in certain
cases when gender termination is in doubt. That is, in the Systema, a
capitalized species-level nomen is not declined, as a adjective would be,
to agree in gender with its genus (e.g. Cypraea Aurantium, C. Histrio, C.
Annulus - all of Gmelin). HGL
At 12:00 PM 9/14/2005, you wrote:
>I had found Z. pyrum angelicae but by Gmelin, 1791. When in doubt ask the
>experts, that's what makes this site so great!.
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>Thanks,
>Harry B.
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