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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
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>I have had a question about how Lampsilis haddletoni Athearn, 1964 got
>its name.
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>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.)
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>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.
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>Thanks,
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>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."
--
Kevin S. Cummings
Illinois Natural History Survey
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
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http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html
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