Aw let me think Miss Carole, lion's paw of the florida area . guess tht
doesn't help either. This common name thing flew futher then a super model
in a class five hurricane . May it rest in peace... Mark the lark
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From: Marshalldg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: What do we do?
 
 
>In a message dated 98-05-01 07:11:42 EDT, you write:
>
>> Or how about the legendary
>>"lion's paw" , anyone found a proper  Latin name for that one yet????? {oh
>>that must have stung a bit}
>
>Mark and all,
>  There are presently two species known by the common name Lion's Paw.
>Nodipecten nodosus (Linne', 1758) known from the lower Caribbean and
>Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849) from the Florida and upper Caribbean.
Don't
>want to go into actual geographics. Then, of course, there are the two
western
>species of "Lion's Paws" Nodipecten arthriticus (Reeve, 1853) and
Nodipecten
>subnodosus  (Sowerby, 1835) or you might mean Nodipecten corallinoides
>(d'Orbigny, 1834) The African Lion's Paw. Which one were you meaning
again????
>:-)
>                    Carole M
>