Congratulations to Tom Eichhorst, the Sam Lloyd of Conch-L, who is the
winner of the "Dread "Who Wore the Dress With the Purple Piping?' Puzzle"
His correct answer to "American Seashells" came in just 13 hours after the
puzzle was sent out. or maybe 14, or 15?  It came it to
[log in to unmask] at 1:13.24 a.m. on the 4th of July...that was
Mountain Time, I think. Standard or Daylight? Or was it Central Time?  Oh,
never mind.....
 
The correct answers are as follows:
 
Thomae "Tommy" Irus exhibited his "Peerless Pandoroidea" at the January
meeting of the Greater Lesser Inlet Shell Club. He came in 5th place.
 
Jeanneae Adams exhibited in February her "Victory over the Veneroidea"  for
a First place and the coveted Wretched Aspella Trophy.
 
Conrad Bursa was the March attraction, showing off his "Arcidae of
Antarctica" for a second place.
 
Anadara Thracia won a third place in April for "The Trouble With Trochidae"
 
Irus Calliostoma won 4th place for his May exhibit of "All The Tonnoidea of
the World, Self Collected."
 
The shells from which the names of the exhibitors are taken are all from
American Seashells: Anadara adamsi, Bursa thomae, Calliostoma jeanneae,
Thracia conradi, and, of course, the Irus irus.  That last gave a few
people some trouble, but I thought clues one and ten took care of it.
 
However, Tim Pearce came up with this solution:
 
>Ms. Jeanneae Adams, "Victory Over the Veneroidea," February, 1st place
>Ms. Anadara Bursa, "Arcidae of Antarctica," March, 2nd place
>Mr. Conrad Calliostoma, "All the Tonnoidea of the World, Self-Collected,"
>   April, 3rd place
>Ms. Thomae Thracia, "The Trouble With Trochidae," May, 4th place
>Mr. Irus, "The Peerless Pandoroidea," January, 5th place [first name
> unknown, unless his name is Irus Irus]
 
Tim argued that, although clue #1  was clear enough, one couldn't tell if
clue #10 used Irus as a first name or a last name. The constructor of the
puzzle argued that   precedent in clues #1-9 was that last names were
always preceded by a Mr or a Mrs (Ms.) so he had no reason to suppose that
in clue 10 there was a deviation.  The puzzlemistress argued that nowhere
else did the actual genus and species name of a shell occur in the same
name. Tim was not impressed.  But Tim and the Puzzlemistress agreed to
disagree, and went on to agree that there just might be a second possible
solution, depending upon interpretation. In any case, Tom Eichhorst had
already solved it five days earlier, so the winner was not in question. Tom
won a pretty latiaxis,  Babelomurex  spinosus (pagoda), the spotted form.
 
Thanks for the fun, all you who participated.
 
Does anyone still need the answers to Quiz #1 with the Embedded Genera?
 
Lynn