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Indeed how true! This was already done a few years ago: Bufonaria
borisbeckeri.
Here we are waiting for:
Pterynotus michaelschumacheri (with large "wings" to keep the animal on
track)
Bufonaria steffigrafae (if a male player...............)
Alvania bayernmuenchenarum (yes ending -arum) as this shell is devoted to
the wives of the players for patience, encouragement etc...........
Gijs
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> Van: John Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Slow News Day
> Datum: dinsdag 4 januari 2000 15:16
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> This morning's local paper, which serves an area of about 300,000 and is
> not known for cosmopolitan sagacity -- nor coverage of conchology --
> devotes three inches to the fact that Manfred Parth, German researcher
and
> tennis fan, has named a snail after tennis great Boris Becker: Bufonaria
> borisbeckeri.
>
> ...researchers in Bonn hope the idea will start a money-making trend...
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> John Wolff
> 2640 Breezewood Dr.
> Lancaster, PA 17601, U.S.A.
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