Sorry Paul,
 
In the code it is recommended that all authors axcept for Linne
(abbreviated: L.) and Fabricius (abbreviated: F.) are fully written....
 
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> Van: PaulCyp <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Re.  Cypraea stercoraria
> Datum: woensdag 6 mei 1998 4:52
>
> Karl Linnaeus (1707-1778) is considered the father of modern taxonomy.
His
> was not the first attempt at classification of living things, but his
enormous
> work dwarfs that of his predecessors.  In his day, even the author's name
was
> written in Latin, so his name is more frequently seen in the Latin form
> Carolus Linnaeus.  "Linne." is the accepted abbreviation for use in
taxonomy
> (most authors with names of more than a few letters have official
> abbreviations).  Also, because of Linnaeus's unique position and status
in
> taxonomy, he is (I believe) the only author whose name can be represented
by a
> single letter.  "L." after a scientific name (Cypraea argus L.) means
> Linnaeus.
> I neglected in my previous post to mention the common english name of
Cypraea
> stercoraria.  It is widely known as the rat cowrie, a name utterly
unrelated
> to its scientific name, and no doubt intentionally so.  Sometimes a
direct
> translation of the scientific name just won't doo doo!
> Paul M.