CONCH-L Archives

Conchologists List

CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Content-type:
text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii
Sender:
Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Cypraea spadicea... nacre
From:
Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:01:27 +1300
In-Reply-To:
<004701c27b2c$7bc0b700$eeb6003e@heimel>
MIME-version:
1.0
Reply-To:
Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (14 lines) 
>Dear Paul and all,
>according to "A glossary of a thousand-and-one terms used in conchology" by
>W.H. Arnold, 1965  terms inductuta (L inductura = a coating, a covering)
>and callus are synonims. The latter is more often used.
>Ed Heiman

Inductura is the more professional term. I don't like "callus"
because so many folk can't spell it and it comes out "callous".
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<[log in to unmask]>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

ATOM RSS1 RSS2