Yes, there are other examples, the Dutch research vessel "Siboga" (name
more then once used by Schepman).
 
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> Van: Andrew K. Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: AW: Re: Kintoki and berdulinus (Or, how not to name
mollusks)
> Datum: dinsdag 13 oktober 1998 21:19
>
> Dear Conchlers,
>
> Helmut is right; the rules of nomenclature do include much besides Latin
> grammar: how to select and recognize type specimens, type species, and
type
> genera; how to determine which of two homonyms or synonyms is valid; what
> constitutes publication, etc., etc. What could I have been thinking of?
>
> There are other methods of naming genera and species in addition to those
> that have already been discussed. Early authors, such as Linnaeus,
borrowed
> names from Greek and Roman mythology. Venus is a bivalve, but Aphrodita
is
> a worm (a very beautiful worm, but still a worm). In at least one case
> (butterflies), he gave a whole family of organisms names of related
> mythological characters. This was not only done to charm and amuse, but
as
> an aid to memory. Astronomers did the same for Jupiter's moons and other
> celestial objects; Jupiter's moons are the classical god's handmaidens.*
> Today, it is hard to find a biologist who knows, say, the names of the
> Titans or of Jason's Argonauts, but it was not so hard then. This would
be
> impossible to do nowadays, because mythology is out of vogue and the best
> names have been used already. But if someone were splitting a genus into
> subgenera and named them all after characters from a classic such as
Lewis
> Carroll's Alice books, I certainly would not object.
>
> Another method is to honor famous research vessels, such as the Velero, a
> ship operated by the University of Southern California. Any other
examples?
>
> Still another method is to scramble the letters of a related genus to
form
> an anagram. Can anyone give molluscan examples? And the Code even allows
> random combinations of letters, as long as they can be pronounced.
> Examples, anyone?
>
> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama
>
> P.S. to Helmut: Thanks for the offer, but I think it's better for us to
> trade ideas about music than to trade CD's. We can continue this
discussion
> privately (not on Conch-L).
>
> *Well, they started their jobs as maidens: Io, Callisto, Europa, Sinope,
> Pasiphae, etc. Ganymede wasn't a maiden, but even the gods act out of
> character sometimes.