Thanks.. a detailed and interesting origin!

Regards
Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hollmann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Drake's moonssnail - Euspira draconis (Dall, 1903)


> Hi Rick,
>
> "draconis" refers to the British naval leader and privateer Sir Francis
> Drake (1546-1596) who was nicknamed "El Draco" by the Spaniards. Dall
stated
> in his original description that he named the species in his honor.
> This was likely triggered by the fact that one of the four localites
> mentioned in the original description of E. draconis, and the one
mentioned
> first, is Drake's Bay in California. The other three were Monterey, off
> Farallones Islands, and off Avalon, Catalina Island.
> Drake's Bay was discovered by Sir Francis Drake on July 26, 1579  on his
> voyage around the globe and was used by him to rest his crew and refit his
> ship, the "Golden Hind", for more than one month. As was customary at the
> time, he claimed the entire territory for the British Crown, naming it
"New
> Albion".
> Interestingly, the label of the holotype at the Smithsonian (USNM 172859)
> states "Monterey Bay"  as the type locality,while in the USNM type
database
> the locality is given as "Drake's Bay, California; specimen taken by the
R/V
> "Albatross, stn. 3125,  at 15 fathoms, 54.7 degree F"
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Hollmann
>
>
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