Dear Jan,
The German name for the inner shield of Sepia offocinalis is "Schulp";
The German name for Spisula elliptica reads: "Elliptische Trogmuschel"
Greetings/Groetjes,
Henk K. Mienis
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From: Jan Haspeslagh <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: French and German names?


> Hello all,
>
> For a patron in my library, I need to find some generic names for shells
> in French and German. Hope some of you can help me out here!
>
> Here they are :
>
> Mysella bidentata : french name?
> Angula fabula : french name?
> Spisula elliptica : french & german name?
>
> and the inner shield of Sepia officinalis, which can easily be found on
> beaches : german name?
>
> Hopefully yours,
>
> Jan
>
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