Jose, might the AFS database contain common names or terms en espanol?
 
If not, is there a glossary out there similar to the French-English shell
term translator, in Spanish?  I think I will need it for talking to the
locals about shells during my time in Honduras.
 
Wouldn't a comparative glossary of French/Spanish/Arabic/English shell
terms be a nice addition to someone's web page?  This would be a great help
to far-ranging shell seekers.
 
My Spanish tutor from Colombia tells me that a "sea snail" would be "la
caracol de mar," while a gastropod is "la concha" or "el caparazon."
Slugs, however, are "las babosas."
 
Any useful Spanish shelling phrases you can think of?  (In terms a Central
American non-sheller would use and understand.)  Like, "Excuse me, where do
the scallop boats dump their bycatch?"  Heh, heh.  Thanks.
 
Jenny Cline
 
401 S. Twin Creek Dr #9C
Killeen, TX 76543 USA
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> From: Jose H. Leal <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Regarding Common Names
> Date: Thursday, 30 April, 1998 10:46 AM
>
> The web site address for publications of the American Fisheries Societies
I
> just posted is incomplete; it should read:
> http://www.esd.ornl.gov/societies/AFS/pubs.html
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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