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Subject:	Re: Etymology of Carychium
From:	"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2004 03:31:56 -0500
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Robert,

Carychium comes from the Greek "karichion", or horn. (ref.: Emerson &
Jacobson, Am.Mus. of Nat.Hist. Guide to Shells, 1976, p.209 -- one of the
only shell books I know of that includes the etymology of scientific shell
names).

Rich
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From: Robert Forsyth [log in to unmask]
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:59:49 -0800
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Etymology of Carychium


Can anyone provide me with the etymology of the terrestrial snail genus
Carychium? It comes from the Greek.

Thanks,

Robert Forsyth

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