Dear David,

While Art's explanation is more compelling, I have just read Charlie Adams'
description, and he seems to have had a notion similar to Paul's.  C. B.
Adams credited his friend, A. A. Gould with the name "seminuda."  The
reference appears to be the contrast of the subperipheral simple spiral
sculpture to the reticulate sculpture on the posterior "half" of the each
whorl.

Harry


At 01:45 PM 3/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello conchlers,
>
>Oftentimes while scouring beach grunge, I am plagued with a vital question:
>
>"What's so seminude about Odostomia seminuda?"
>
>It's got plenty of sculpture. There must be some deep meaning. Can anyone
>answer?
>
>David Kirsh,
>Durham, NC

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