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Subject:	Re: Sacred Chank Shell
From:	"Paul R. Monfils" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:09:06 EDT
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I believe the scientific name as well - Cypraea - derives from the name of a
goddess - Kypris (Greek), which, if I remember correctly, is another name for
Aphrodite.
Paul M.
Rhode Island

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