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  C) 
  P 
  roper 
  ITames 
  ; 
  

   a) 
  Latin 
  or 
  Greek 
  names 
  of 
  towns, 
  writers, 
  mythological 
  deities, 
  

  

  heroes, 
  heroines: 
  Onoba; 
  AEsopus; 
  Venus, 
  Clio, 
  Antigona,Ni- 
  

   so, 
  Atys, 
  Iphigenia, 
  Erato, 
  Semele, 
  Admete, 
  Pandora, 
  Chione 
  , 
  

   Thais, 
  Taranis, 
  Polinices; 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  compounds:Neo-- 
  

   simnia, 
  Halopsyche; 
  

   "b) 
  Epithets 
  referring 
  to 
  mythological 
  deities: 
  Aligena, 
  Verti- 
  

   cordia, 
  Erycina 
  (appellations 
  of 
  Venus); 
  Pacelina, 
  Trivia 
  

   (appellations 
  of 
  Diana); 
  

  

  c) 
  Names 
  formed 
  from 
  Latin 
  or 
  Greek 
  proper 
  names: 
  Charonia, 
  

   Neptunea, 
  Hermaea, 
  Tindaria; 
  

  

  d) 
  Latinized 
  names 
  of 
  eminent 
  conchologists, 
  naturalists, 
  dis- 
  

   coverers, 
  scientists, 
  collectors, 
  such 
  as: 
  Rissoa, 
  Lyonsia, 
  

   Bd^schia, 
  Rossia, 
  Hanleya, 
  Sayella, 
  

  

  D 
  ) 
  Names 
  "borrowed 
  from 
  modern 
  languages 
  or 
  coined 
  for 
  their 
  plea 
  - 
  

  

  sing 
  combination 
  of 
  syllable 
  s, 
  like 
  Engina, 
  Nesta, 
  Clathro- 
  

   drillia; 
  Tivela, 
  Tonicia, 
  Eossarus, 
  Macoma, 
  Livona. 
  

  

  Y/hat 
  is 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  names? 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  logical 
  to 
  

   accept 
  the 
  following 
  principles 
  for 
  determining 
  it: 
  

  

  If 
  they 
  are 
  really 
  Latin 
  or 
  Greek, 
  generic 
  names 
  must 
  have 
  the 
  

   gender 
  which 
  is 
  theirs 
  in 
  these 
  languages. 
  Latin 
  Pecten, 
  Ensis, 
  Conus, 
  

   Donax, 
  Murex 
  will 
  be 
  masculine; 
  Area, 
  Aclis, 
  Ficus, 
  Golus, 
  Mitra, 
  Tur- 
  

   ris, 
  Loligo, 
  Teredo 
  will 
  be 
  feminine; 
  Vasum, 
  Caecum, 
  Sinum 
  will 
  be 
  

   neuter. 
  Greek 
  Chiton, 
  Margarites, 
  Choristes 
  are 
  masculine; 
  Stilbe 
  is 
  

   feminine; 
  Cyphoma 
  is 
  neuter. 
  

  

  Compounds 
  whose 
  last 
  component 
  is 
  a 
  Latin 
  or 
  Greek 
  noun 
  should 
  

   have 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  this 
  last 
  noun. 
  Latin 
  Serpulorbis, 
  Serripes, 
  Voluti 
  

   fusus 
  are 
  masculine; 
  Cetoconcha, 
  Conomitra 
  are 
  feminine. 
  Greek 
  Ischno- 
  

   chiton, 
  Pleurodon 
  are 
  masculine; 
  Ancistrosyrinx, 
  Limopsis, 
  Anomalocar- 
  

   dia 
  are 
  feminine; 
  Busycon, 
  Glyphostoma, 
  Cyclostrema, 
  Gastropteron 
  are 
  

   neuter. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  Latin 
  ending 
  akin 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   Greek 
  original, 
  -for 
  instance, 
  Greek 
  "os" 
  has 
  been 
  changed 
  to 
  Latin 
  

   "us" 
  or 
  even 
  "is", 
  or 
  Greek 
  "e", 
  "on", 
  "ion" 
  have 
  become 
  "a", 
  "urn", 
  

   "ium" 
  respectively 
  in 
  Latin-, 
  the 
  gender 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  

   Greek. 
  So 
  Pododesmus, 
  Asthencthaerus, 
  Microdochus, 
  Typhis 
  are 
  consider 
  

   ed 
  masculine; 
  Tellina, 
  Litiopa, 
  Mitromorpha, 
  Halopsephus 
  are 
  feminine 
  

   and 
  Tachyrhynchus, 
  Cymatium 
  are 
  neuter. 
  The 
  same 
  holds 
  true 
  if 
  there 
  

   is 
  an 
  insignificant 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  word: 
  Hyalocylis 
  

   will 
  be 
  feminine 
  and 
  Hipponix 
  masculine. 
  

  

  But 
  the 
  gender 
  will 
  be 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  Latin 
  ending 
  if 
  this 
  en- 
  

   ding 
  is 
  entirely 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Greek 
  or 
  Latin 
  original. 
  

   Thus 
  Lepidopleurus 
  is 
  masculine 
  while 
  Granigyra, 
  Cheilea, 
  Peristichia, 
  

   Odostomia 
  are 
  feminine 
  and 
  Trachycardium, 
  Buccinum 
  are 
  neuter. 
  

  

  Names 
  whose 
  last 
  component 
  is 
  anything 
  but 
  a 
  noun, 
  names 
  arbitra- 
  

   rily 
  formed 
  from 
  Latin 
  or 
  Greek, 
  adjectives 
  used 
  as 
  generic 
  names, 
  all 
  

   follow 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  their 
  endings. 
  Masculine 
  will 
  be 
  Liomesus, 
  Nassa- 
  

   rius; 
  feminine 
  will 
  be 
  Kiatella, 
  Littorina, 
  Aspella, 
  Truncatella, 
  Li- 
  

   thophaga, 
  Macrocallista, 
  Xenophora, 
  Coralliophila. 
  Siphonium, 
  Umbonium 
  

   are 
  considered 
  neuter. 
  The 
  adjectives 
  Illex, 
  Glaucus, 
  Taonius, 
  Tenago- 
  

   dus 
  are 
  masculine, 
  but 
  Janthina, 
  Zeidora 
  are 
  feminine. 
  ^Then 
  the 
  gender 
  

   seems 
  uncertain, 
  masculine 
  has 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  priority: 
  Gyrodes, 
  Chiro- 
  

  

  