Röding (1798) wrote:

"N. Usnea Die mossfarbige Nerite", referring to a figure in Lister. So moss
indeed was what Röding had in mind. Or perhaps Lister. I do not know what
name Lister used for this shell.


Marien
www.mollus.nl

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From: "Thomas E. Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Freshwater barnacle


> Andy,
>
> If I had known to ask you it would have saved me a ton of research!!  I
give
> the etymology for each species name.  Below is what I have for V usnea.
> Nice to have it verified.
>
> Tom
>
> ETYMOLOGY:  The name usnea is from the Arabic oshnah for moss.  It is also
> the name for any of several gray lichens of the genus Usnea (also called
old
> man's beard) found in pine forests in the United States and used in herbal
> remedies for antibacterial purposes.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > Behalf Of Andy Rindsberg
> > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:02 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Freshwater barnacle
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Tom.
> >
> > Incidentally, I got curious about the strange name "usnea" and
> > looked it up.
> > Usnea is a genus of beard-lichens; the word is Botanical Latin,
> > from Arabic
> > oshnah, "moss". It's not a name that I would have chosen for Vitta
usnea,
> > but maybe the color pattern reminded Roeding of moss or moss-like
lichen.
> > Spanish "moss", the angiosperm that hangs from trees in regions
> > adjacent to
> > the Gulf of Mexico, is Dendropogon usneoides.
> >
> > Andrew K. Rindsberg
> > Geological Survey of Alabama
> >
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