erinaceus is not an adjective. is a noun that means
"hedgehog"
muricatus means spiny as a murex and is an adjective
and according the ICZN rulkes will follow grammatical
rules so Trophonopsis muricata
With regards

Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli



>[Latin gender corrsp. genera/species]
>
>Ave
>
>Pagodula (fem) echinata (fem) OK
>Hexaplex (masc?) trunculus (masc) ...OK
>But...
>Ocenebra (fem) erinaceus (masc)
>Trophonopsis (fem) muricatus (masc):
>This last one was first named Murex muricatus, with Murex supposed to be
>masc.
>Now that the species migrated to Trophonopsis, we are supposed, as
>latinists, to change the gender...
>But, as conchologists etc.,  are we allowed to do so, or is there a rule
>somewhere that keeps the original gender, even if it became wrong ?
>
>I always see some Ocenebra erinaceus here, there, there again, and
>(sometimes) perhaps one little "erinacea".
>I feel ill when I write "erinaceus" after an girl named Ocenebra, but I
>continue, until someone tell me I'm allowed to write what I want.
>What say the grammatical rules in Latin Zoology ?
>
>Caro
>
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