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> From:         G. Thomas Watters[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         woensdag 14 oktober 1998 12:29
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: AW: Re: Kintoki and berdulinus (Or, how not to name
> mollusks)
>
> >Another method is to honor famous research vessels, such as the Velero, a
> >ship operated by the University of Southern California. Any other
> examples?
> >
>
> Other examples are named after the Challenger, Blake, Tomas Barrera, Eolis
> (itself named after a mollusc), Utowana, Oregon, Pele, Calypso, Siboga,
> Crocker, Albatross, even the Bounty. And the Argo, does that count? And if
> we have a tribblei, it's high time we had an enterprisei.
>
        Raja fyllae is named after  the research-vessel Fylla. Sorry it is a
fish and and not a shell! Martin Cadee
 
 
 
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