Lymnaea "Etymology: Gr(eek) limnaios, pertaining to marshes." from
"The American Museum of Natural History Guide to Shells..." by William
Emerson and Morris Jacobson, p. 305.  A fantastic source for what the
shell names mean.
 
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Mark and Mariah Lawson wrote:
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> Can anyone give me the source of the name of the genus Lymnaea? I have
> met someone named that and she'd like to know. Linnaeus used a number of
> classical sources, was this one of those? If so, who was s/he and why
> were these snails named this?
>
>         Thanks!
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