Dear Harry,
I don't have Lister either, but it is quoted in von Martens, 1879. I have
the Say quote, but didn't have a modern report to confirm the range. I do
now and will change it. Thank you.
Tom E.
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> Dear Tom,
>
> I guess I don't have that edition of Lister.
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 06:54 PM 8/12/2004, you wrote:
> >Lister (1681) called it, Nerita subviridis lineis capillaceis.
> >
> >Tom E.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > Behalf Of M. J. Faber
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:56 PM
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> > > Subject: Re: Freshwater barnacle
> > >
> > >
> > > Röding (1798) wrote:
> > >
> > > "N. Usnea Die mossfarbige Nerite", referring to a figure in
> > > Lister. So moss
> > > indeed was what Röding had in mind. Or perhaps Lister. I do
> not know what
> > > name Lister used for this shell.
> > >
> > >
> > > Marien
> > > www.mollus.nl
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Thomas E. Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:38 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Freshwater barnacle
> > >
> > >
> > > > Andy,
> > > >
> > > > If I had known to ask you it would have saved me a ton of
> research!! I
> > > give
> > > > the etymology for each species name. Below is what I have
> for V usnea.
> > > > Nice to have it verified.
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > > ETYMOLOGY: The name usnea is from the Arabic oshnah for moss.
> > > It is also
> > > > the name for any of several gray lichens of the genus Usnea
> (also called
> > > old
> > > > man's beard) found in pine forests in the United States and
> > > used in herbal
> > > > remedies for antibacterial purposes.
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Conchologists of America List
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> > > > Behalf Of Andy Rindsberg
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:02 PM
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> > > > Subject: Re: Freshwater barnacle
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Tom.
> > > >
> > > > Incidentally, I got curious about the strange name "usnea" and
> > > > looked it up.
> > > > Usnea is a genus of beard-lichens; the word is Botanical Latin,
> > > > from Arabic
> > > > oshnah, "moss". It's not a name that I would have chosen for Vitta
> >usnea,
> > > > but maybe the color pattern reminded Roeding of moss or moss-like
> >lichen.
> > > > Spanish "moss", the angiosperm that hangs from trees in regions
> > > > adjacent to
> > > > the Gulf of Mexico, is Dendropogon usneoides.
> > > >
> > > > Andrew K. Rindsberg
> > > > Geological Survey of Alabama
> > > >
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