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Subject:	Re: Crepidula fornicata
From:	"Kevin S. Cummings" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 1997 09:40:02 -0600
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Tom Watters Wrote:
Crepidula fornicata, is based on the word "fornix" in reference to the
arched shell (obligatory shell reference here). We were told in Classics
class that the word fornicate was derived from the word fornix (arch)
because in the olden days it was under the arches of buildings that the
world's oldest profession was practiced.  Happy hollidaze.
 
Kevin S. Cummings
Illinois Natural History Survey
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
217/333-1623
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http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html

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