Conus barbara :
> Incidentally, the name literally means "foreign", or more loosely
> translated "rough", "unfinished", "crude". Sorry :-)
Incorrect. It means 'bearded' (as in Arca barbatus, the bearded Ark). It
was applied by early yuppie societies (the Romans) to 'barbarians', because
- like me - they didn't shave.
The Roving Pedant.