It wasn't "I had tomaria or her father would have killed me."

The suffix -tomaria is from the Greek tomarion, a slice, for the slit in the
shell.

dick


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From: "James Cheshire" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [CONCH-L] pleurotomaria


> Hello all,
>
> Can anyone tell me what the "tomaria" in Pleurotomaria means? Same for
> Bathrotomaria, Leptomaria, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> James
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