All the moon snails, if we include English common names.  Are moon snails
called moon snails in other languages?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Egerton [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:27 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: eclipse
>
> Oops,
>
> Yes, of course there is no path across the earth. The path is of the
> earth across the moon. Silly me, this is what happens when I do e-mail
> while not fully awake! All we need to know is whether the moon is
> visible from our area and if the weather cooperates. For those of us
> in western north america the full eclipse is from 8:04pm to 9:23pm PST
> (a nice long time compared to solar eclipses!).
>
> Shell related: how many shell names are there relating to the moon?
> We have the big Lunatia lewisii here where I live.
>
> Wishing everyone clear skies tomorrow,
> We had thunder storms here during the leonid shower! :-(
> Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
>
>
> >The lunar eclipse will be at its best around midnight (EST) this
> Thursday.
> >The shadow of the earth falls on the Moon here and there is no shadow
> path
> >across the Earth.  Hence anyone who can see the Moon can see the full
> >effects of the eclipse.  The redness will be due to differential bending
> >(refraction) of the different colors of the Sun's spectrum by the
> atmosphere
> >of the Earth.  The blue end scatters heavily and gives a blue sky while
> the
> >red end of the spectrum scatters much less, passing through the
> atmosphere
> >and continuing on to strike the Moon.
> >
> >
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> Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
> Collector of worldwide Mollusca,
> student of zoology and computers for life.
> The beginnings of my website:
> http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
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