32 PHASIANELLA " PULLA " OR "PULLUS"? 



edition these are corrected to Fascia^ Uneus. Conversely we have 

 Turbo Scalaris (p. 764), Bulla Fontinalis (p. 727), and Helix Citrina 

 (p. 771), in edition 10, corrected to scalaris^ fontinalis, and citrina in 

 edition 12. Occasionally these mistakes escape detection in edition 

 12, and are not corrected till Gmelin's edition, known as the thir- 

 teenth." Such are Stromhus Lentiginosus (ed. to, p. 743) l^irbo 

 auriscalpiuni (p. 767), Helix Vivipara (p. 772), De?italium Elephant- 

 imini (p. 785), Patella unguis (p. 783). Sometimes, e. g. Helix 

 Auricularia, they escape Gmelin as well. 



It is remarkable that when the substantive is in the genitive plural, 

 Linne writes it with a small initial, e. g. Turbo muscorum (p. 767), 

 My a pictorum (p. 671), Helix arbustoruin (p. 771), H. lucorum 

 (p. 773). When however in these cases the substantive is itself used 

 as a scientific term he writes it with a capital, e. g. Bulla Hypnoruni 

 (p. 727). So to with adjectives he writes Bucci?iuni Neriteuni 

 (p. 738), Turbo Neritoides (p. 761), Patella Neritoidea (p. 781), Helix 

 Haliotoidea (p. 775), but Helix itala, balthica, hispana, Patella chi- 

 fiensis, ungarica, graeca, Conus ebraeus, etc. 



One more point might be added, in confirmation of the view that 

 pullus is a noun substantive. Linne frequently repeats his specific 

 names, thus he uses Nucleus to designate an Area (p. 695) and a 

 Cypraea (p. 724), Hirundo to designate a Mytilus (p. 706) and a 

 Cypraea (p. 722), Legumen for a Solen (p. 672), and a Nautilus (p. 

 711), Erinaceus for a Buccinuni (p. 736) and a Murex (p. 748). It so 

 happens that he uses Pullus once again to designate a mollusc, for 

 on page 737 we find Buccinum Pullus. It is obvious that, if he had 

 intended the word to be used as an adjective, he would have written 

 Buccinum pulluin. 



2 Linn^ writes Conus Minimus and Rusiicus in both ed. lo and 12, possibly regarding the 

 names as nouns substantive. Gmelin thought otherwise with regard to the first, and writes 

 minimus, but keeps Rusiicus. 



