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Re: Help on a Word
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Rick Harbo <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:27:54 -0700
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... Christian Horace Bénédict Alfred Moquin-Tandon, (7 May) 1804-63 (15
Apr.), French medical Dr. and marine biologist (mainly malacologist), who
also used the pseudonym Alfred Frédol. He was Prof. of Zoology in Marseille
between 1829-33, then Prof. of Botany in Toulouse until 1850, when he
studied the flora of Corsica, but moved in 1853 to Paris, where he i.a.
became Director of Jardin des Plantes.
Rick

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From: Callomon,Paul
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Help on a Word

Possibly named for the naturalist Moquin-Tandon?

PC
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From: Conchologists List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Thomas
Eichhorst [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:01 PM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Help on a Word

Does anyone in Conch-L land know the etymology of moquiniana.  I have
found it as a plant name as well as a mollusk, but can't find its
meaning or root.  Thanks,

Tom Eichhorst

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