Paul Monfils wrote:
>
> In zoology there are a number of "-ivorous" terms, designating what
> organisms eat (that is, what they primarily subsist on), including:
> Oh - and now that summer is here, lets not forget those hoards of
> pesky sanguinivorous mosquitos!  I don't know if that term applies to
> mollusks - perhaps the larval stages of some fresh water bivalves
> would qualify??  Any opinion from you Uniologists out there?
> Vexillum sanguisugum however, is not sanguinivorous, in spite of its
> scientific name.  What an awful name to stick on such a pretty shell
> - and totally undeserved!  (sanguisugum = blood sucker)
>
> Paul M.
 
 
Paul,
 
I believe some of the parasitic Pyramidellas might be considered
blood-suckers or sangiunivorous.  After all, no one said it had to be
warm blood.
 
Tom Eichhorst