﻿teuthoides 
  are 
  masculine. 
  

  

  Names 
  of 
  towns 
  and 
  writers 
  take 
  the 
  gender 
  they 
  have 
  in 
  Latin 
  or 
  

   Greek: 
  Onoba 
  is 
  feminine; 
  AEsopus 
  is 
  masculine. 
  

  

  Names 
  of 
  mythological 
  deities, 
  heroes, 
  heroines, 
  whether 
  simple 
  

   or 
  compound, 
  whether 
  nouns 
  or 
  epithets, 
  are 
  either 
  masculine 
  or 
  femi- 
  

   nine 
  according 
  as 
  they 
  designate 
  a 
  male 
  or 
  female 
  being. 
  Taras, 
  Tara- 
  

   nis, 
  Polinices, 
  Ganesa, 
  Jumala 
  are 
  masculine; 
  Niso, 
  Clio, 
  Thais, 
  Pyre- 
  

   ne, 
  Semele, 
  Venus, 
  Chione, 
  Pandora, 
  Halopsyche, 
  Aligena, 
  Verticordia, 
  

   Erycina, 
  Eacelina 
  are 
  feminine. 
  But 
  Gharonia, 
  Neptunea, 
  Hennaea, 
  At- 
  

   lanta 
  which 
  are 
  artificially 
  formed 
  from 
  proper 
  names 
  take 
  the 
  gender 
  

   of 
  their 
  endings 
  and 
  are 
  feminine. 
  

  

  Names 
  of 
  conchologists, 
  naturalists, 
  scientists, 
  discoverers 
  and 
  

   collectors, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  names 
  borrowed 
  from 
  modern 
  languages 
  and 
  those 
  

   "nonsense" 
  names 
  coined 
  because 
  they 
  offer 
  a 
  euphonic 
  combination 
  of 
  

   syllables, 
  follow 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  their 
  Latin 
  endings. 
  Beringius 
  (now 
  

   called 
  Jumala) 
  is 
  masculine; 
  Rissoa, 
  Rehderia, 
  Clenchina, 
  Sayella, 
  Bi- 
  

   gelowia, 
  Nystiella, 
  Bartschia; 
  Engina, 
  Nesta, 
  Clathrodrillia; 
  Genota, 
  

   Tonicia, 
  Codakia, 
  Livona, 
  Tivela 
  all 
  are 
  feminine. 
  Thericium 
  is 
  neuter 
  

   while 
  Gonatus, 
  Fossarus 
  are 
  masculine. 
  

  

  Can 
  we 
  at 
  first 
  glance 
  safely 
  recognize 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  generic 
  na- 
  

   mes? 
  Can 
  we 
  guess 
  it 
  accurately? 
  Are 
  there 
  any 
  reliable 
  rules 
  by 
  which 
  

   we 
  can 
  exactly 
  determine 
  it? 
  

  

  Unfortunately 
  not, 
  if 
  the 
  names 
  are 
  pure 
  Greek 
  and 
  Latin 
  nouns, 
  

   or 
  Greek 
  with 
  a 
  Latin 
  suffix 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  Greek 
  original. 
  In- 
  

   asmuch 
  as 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  Greek 
  and 
  Latin 
  nouns 
  is 
  usually 
  not 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  noun 
  itself 
  or 
  its 
  ending, 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  to 
  learn 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  con- 
  

   sult 
  a 
  Greek 
  or 
  Latin 
  dictionary. 
  Being 
  based 
  upon 
  sex, 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  

   names 
  of 
  mythological 
  deities, 
  heroes, 
  heroines, 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  easily 
  

   determined. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  names 
  are 
  not 
  genuine 
  Greek 
  or 
  Latin 
  nouns, 
  the 
  ending 
  gi- 
  

   ves 
  the 
  clue 
  as 
  to 
  gender. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  rules 
  by 
  which, 
  in 
  

   this 
  case, 
  the 
  gender 
  can 
  accurately 
  be 
  recognized: 
  

  

  Shell 
  names 
  in 
  "a", 
  "ia", 
  "ya" 
  are 
  feminine, 
  except 
  those 
  in 
  

   "nauta, 
  cola, 
  ista" 
  (suffixes 
  generally 
  denoting 
  males) 
  which 
  should 
  

   be 
  treated 
  as 
  masculine. 
  Anisodonta, 
  Mucronalia, 
  Hanleya 
  are 
  feminine; 
  

   Argonauta, 
  Petricola, 
  Separatista 
  are 
  masculirie- 
  

  

  A 
  plural 
  in 
  "a" 
  of 
  a 
  Greek 
  or 
  Latin 
  neuter 
  noun 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  fem- 
  

   inine 
  singular 
  as 
  this 
  sometimes 
  happens 
  in 
  medieval 
  Latin: 
  Lora, 
  Eu- 
  

   pleura, 
  Liostraca 
  are 
  feminine. 
  

  

  Names 
  in 
  "e" 
  also 
  are 
  feminine: 
  Arene, 
  Peracle. 
  

  

  Names 
  in 
  "us, 
  er, 
  o" 
  are 
  masculine: 
  Latirus, 
  Tagelus, 
  Tectarius, 
  

   Stiliger, 
  Stilifer, 
  Scaphander, 
  Palio, 
  Vanikoro. 
  

  

  Names 
  in 
  "um" 
  are 
  neuter: 
  Dentalium, 
  Epitonium, 
  Phalium. 
  

  

  I 
  Names 
  in 
  "ar", 
  like 
  Pi 
  tar, 
  should 
  be 
  neuter 
  as 
  Latin 
  nouns 
  in 
  "?-r' 
  

   ;are 
  neuter. 
  Every 
  conchologist, 
  however, 
  considers 
  Pitar 
  as 
  feminine, 
  

   I 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  change 
  the 
  gender 
  of 
  this 
  arbitrarily 
  formed 
  word. 
  

  

  i 
  .^ 
  . 
  

  

  ! 
  Although 
  the 
  Latin 
  ending 
  "is" 
  is 
  masculine 
  in 
  many 
  words, 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  