<And how about Cypraea testudinaria?>
 
testa = Latin, meaning shell
 
>testudo = Latin, a protective "shell" formed over a group of
soldiers by holding their shields overhead (simulating a tortoise or
turtle shell)
 
>Testudo = a genus of terrestrial tortoises
 
>testudinate = english, meaning "relating to or resembling a tortoise
or turtle"
 
>Cypraea testudinaria (common name: tortoise cowrie)
 
Paul M.