At 09:25 AM 01/27/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Good morning folks (or good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where
>you are).
>A little question occurred to me last night.  Here it is:
>Cypraea saulae has an "ae" ending on the name, indicating it was named after
>a woman.
>Murex saulii has an "i" ending, indicating it was named after a man.
>Are these two different "Sauls", and does anyone know anything about
>him/her/them?
>Paul M.
>

Jane Saul (1807-1895), was a leading English collector. I am not aware of
any male Saul's, except of course for the first king of Israel.


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