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Re: Help on a Word
From:
Thomas Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:21:43 -0600
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I actually use (and have submitted entries) to BEMON, I just wasn't
sharp enough (I blame a head cold) to check out this name.  I kept
finding it in botany references and for some reason thought it must be
an arcane geographical name.

Tom

On 10/19/2013 2:04 AM, Tom Rice wrote:
> Oops - thsnks
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 1:06 PM, mienis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Dear Tom,
>>
>> The acronym BEMON stands for Biological Etymology of Marine Organism Names
>> (and not Entomology).
>>
>> Henk
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Rice" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Help on a Word
>>
>>
>>> Moquin-Tandon, Christian Horace Bénédict Alfred [M.D.] (1804-1863;
>>> France) ● Known as Alfred; also known as botanist. Histoire naturelle
>>> des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de France, Vol. 1 (1855)
>>> [2400YM] French medical Dr. and marine biologist (mainly
>>> malacologist), who also used the pseudonym Alfred Frédol. He was Prof.
>>> of Zoology in Marseille between 1829-33, then Prof. of Botany in
>>> Toulouse until 1850, when he studied the flora of Corsica, but moved
>>> in 1853 to Paris, where he i.a. became Director of Jardin des Plantes.
>>> [BEMON] - Biological Entomology of Marine Organism Names
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Thomas Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Yes..., thank you.  This is certainly the chap.  It would have been nice
>>>> if Récluz had given some clue as to why the name, but I've got it now.
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>
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