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Date:	Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:46:15 -0500
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Subject:	Re: Lymnaea ?
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From:	Alan Gettleman <[log in to unmask]>
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Lymnaea "Etymology: Gr(eek) limnaios, pertaining to marshes." from
"The American Museum of Natural History Guide to Shells..." by William
Emerson and Morris Jacobson, p. 305.  A fantastic source for what the
shell names mean.

Alan Gettleman
Merritt Island, FL

"Do good always: it will satisfy some, and surprise the rest."
M. Twain

Mark and Mariah Lawson wrote:
>
> Can anyone give me the source of the name of the genus Lymnaea? I have
> met someone named that and she'd like to know. Linnaeus used a number of
> classical sources, was this one of those? If so, who was s/he and why
> were these snails named this?
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Mariah
> --
> Mark and Mariah Lawson
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