526 Mr. S. S. Buckman on 



'^ TerebratulOf Klein, 1753. Genus not well known, Meso- 

 zoic or Tertiary " ; and lie appends a figure labelled " Tei-e- 

 hratula Phillipsi, Morris." 



These extracts show current opinion ; but all except Dall 

 ascribe the name to pre-Linnean authorities, which is contrary 

 to present custom. If a pre-Linnean authority were to be 

 taken, it would not be Klein, but Llhwyd, who was the true 

 originator of the term "*. However, modern nomenclature 

 begins with Linne f, and as he did not use the term Tere- 

 hratuJa in a generic sense, it is necessary to take the first 

 post-Linnean authority. The following is the result of an 

 investigation into the practice of early post-Linnean users of 

 the term : — 



1776. O. F. MuLLER, Zool. Dan. Prod. p. 249. 



This is the first post-Linnean use of the term TerebratulaX. 

 He mentions three species, the first of which is Terehratula 

 cranium §, of which he says : — " Htec Terebratula auctorum, 

 an vero Linna^i? Valvulas enim nee bi- nee triplicatas 

 invenio." It is evident that Muller employs Terebratula 

 as an accepted term in general use, and is not defining it or 

 giving a type, though he indicates that what Linnaeus called 

 Anomia terebratula is a basis of reference. 



1776. JoHANN Samuel Scheoter, Journ. des Steinreichs 

 und d. Konch. vol. iii. pp. 372 et seqq. 



He speaks of species as belonging to the Terebratulas 

 acunosas (p. 374), but he does not give binomial names. 



1777. JoHANN Samuel Schroter, Abh. iiber versch. 

 Gegenstande der Naturgeschichte, 20th part, p. 358. 



Separates Terebratula from Anomt'a and defines it " Das 

 mag also eine Terebratul seyn eine zweischalige umgleich- 

 shalige Muschel die eine durchbohrten Schnabel hat." 



1785. Thunberg, Disputationes, vi. p. 99. 



He gives a definition of Terebratula, and mentions T.pecti- 

 nata first and Terebratula terebratula sixth. For him 

 Terebratula includes all Brachiopods except Crania. 



* 1696. Lith. Brit. Iconogr. 



t 1758. Linne, Systema Nat. ed. x. 



X My authority for this statement is Mr. C. D. Sherhom's excellent 

 ' Index Animaliura.' 



§ That he places T. cranium first is a mere chance, and of no value as 

 indicating the type. 



