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Subject:
Shelling trip (apparently was common names)
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Michael Hoelling <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 May 1998 16:27:51 -0400
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Nachricht geschrieben von Conchologists of America List
>By the way regarding common names,  <And how about Cypraea
Testudinaria?><
 
testudo is the latin word for turtle.
The origin is the word testa which means shell, so this is the shelled
cowry shell :-), and it has nothing to do with Turd-les or doo-doo.
 
BTW nice to have met you in Aarshot.
 
Greetings from Germany
Michael
  
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