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Subject:	Re: Name derivations and a question
From:	Rick Harbo <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:00:51 -0800
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Brown,  RW, a wonderful book (1956) Smithsonioan  Institution Press,
Composition of Scientific Words, lists:
urceus, L. pitcher, urn; see pot

Rick Harbo
Nanaimo, B.C. Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfonso Pina" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: Name derivations and a question


> Hello, I also think that Paul's is a good idea, so I will try to follow
it.
>
> About 'urceus', Mörch also named so an Achatinadae genus in 1847. Despite
> it becames after a synonim for Achatina, I wonder if it could add some
clue
> to the sense of the name.
>
> And I think there is an 'Olivancillaria urceus' too.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alfonso Pina
> Málaga, Spain
> www.eumed.net/malakos
>

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