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Dear Paul,
The "species name" you refer to (= lower case letter), is indeed not
a name, but an adjective. This, by definition, modifies a name.
Therefore, it has to be together a name in order to make sense. For
example, there is no such thing as the species name "_muricatus_",
because it only refers to the quality of some entity which is not
defined. The species name then is _Chicoreus muricatus_ .
Best,
Robert
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Paul Monfils wrote:
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| Actually, the species name per se is not a binomen. The format
used
| to designate a particular species is a binomen, but that name is a
| construct formed by adding the species name (with a lower case
| letter) to the genus name (always capitalized).
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| Paul M.
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