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>Date:    Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:48:10 -0500
>From:    Deborah Wills <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Need info about Lampsilis haddletoni
>
>I have had a question about how Lampsilis haddletoni Athearn, 1964 got
>its name.
>
>The requestor stated that "My name is Haddleton and I would like to find
>out who named this mussel, or how it was named etc. since our family
>name is so rare."   (Yes, we know the author's last name, but I think
>the requestor is wanting something more than that.  Maybe this species
>was named after a long-lost relative, or something.)
>
>Please respond directly to the requestor at:  [log in to unmask]
>as I don't always have time to scan through all the Conch-L digests I
>get.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Debbie Wills


Quoted from the original paper "I take pleasure in naming this
species after my good friend and colleague Arthur Haddleton Clarke,
Jr. of the National Museum of Canada."





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