As far as i know, the first reviewer can make emendations in
taxa, and change spelling.

regards
Fabio Wiggers

--- Olivier Caro <[log in to unmask]> escreveu:

> Ave ave
>
> The wonderful latinist that I am (4 years at school, and
> that's all) didn't forget all of his lessons, but enough,
> however, to be surprised by some things that look today as
> pure mysteries.
> As it has been noticed last week, it often happens that an
> epithet is not an epithet but a true noun, and then stays
> unvariant.
> But (or btw)... a question remains: which world.wide.authority
> (the wwa gang) has, today, the power of emendation in taxa ?
>
> I came across a red snail, which was labelled Homalopoma
> sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758).
> Linnaeus described it as Turbo sanguineus, where sanguineus
> looks like a good old epithet.
> Then, if a Turbo is sanguineus, I suppose that a Homalopoma
> might be sanguinea...
> Or am I wrong again? Is sanguineus an unsuspected noun ?
> But in this case, what about this odd sanguineum in the
> official taxon (see CLEMAM) ?
> So, three eventualities:
> Homalopoma is sanguineus, because of a mysterious history that
> we would be happy to learn;
> Homalopoma is sanguinea;
> Homalopoma, my dear, is actually sanguineum and I'll be
> pleased to know why...
> And again this old question: who could be allowed to correct
> an error, if an error existed ?
>
> Any authority out there in the night ?
>
> Olivier Caro
>




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