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Paul Monfils wrote:
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> In zoology there are a number of "-ivorous" terms, designating what
> organisms eat (that is, what they primarily subsist on), including:
> Oh - and now that summer is here, lets not forget those hoards of
> pesky sanguinivorous mosquitos! I don't know if that term applies to
> mollusks - perhaps the larval stages of some fresh water bivalves
> would qualify?? Any opinion from you Uniologists out there?
> Vexillum sanguisugum however, is not sanguinivorous, in spite of its
> scientific name. What an awful name to stick on such a pretty shell
> - and totally undeserved! (sanguisugum = blood sucker)
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> Paul M.
Paul,
I believe some of the parasitic Pyramidellas might be considered
blood-suckers or sangiunivorous. After all, no one said it had to be
warm blood.
Tom Eichhorst
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