On Crepidula fornicata - I think I read that they tend to pile on each other, the females at the bottom and males stacked on top and that as they get near the bottom of the pile they change to females.  So we can visualize orgiastic sex-changing molluscs.

Nora 'who is supposed to be working'
in Calgary
in Alberta
in CANADA

Linda Bush wrote:

> Hello, Art!
>
>          Try  "Crepidula fornicata (linne, 1758), using both the genus and the species names.  Maybe I shouild try a few; you started something, and you are calling attention to the Latin      names, as well making us all laugh.        (Excuse the typos in the name.)  This is one that has puzzled me for a long time;  am I right in thinking that the species can change its sex when needed?  I do wonder what Carolus was thinking when he named this one.
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>                         Waiting for more,
>                                         Linda