Hi Harry,
 
Just reading your note I can think of Neptunea(Jupiter), the fresh water
genus Io, the venerid Callista, and Trivia europaea (plus other europaea, I
am sure). I don't know what too do with Ganymede
 
Emilio (Garcia)
 
>Dear All,
>
>Not simply to rescue the following (quite informative) inquiry/response from
>the off-topic file, let me ask if anyone can cite molluscan taxa which
>derive from each of the five celestial objects cited below (hint; you'll
>need to seek out a classical synonym for a planet and a moon plus change a
>termination here and there)?
>
>Paul, Gary, et al.?
>
>Harry
>
>
>
>At 07:05 PM 10/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Art,
>>That "star" is Jupiter. Right now we are just past opposition which is
>>the closest we get in the two orbits, Jupiter's and ours. Makes a pretty
>>sight, with a pair of binoculars you should be able to see the four
>>brightest moons of Jupiter. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
>>Keith
>>
>>MR ART WEIL wrote:
>>
>>> This is a "what's it?"
>>>       It's been up there for quite some time now. It is very bright
>>> and it doesn't twinkle. It is as bright as or brighter than Venus at
>>> its brightest. From Southwest Ohio, it is at about 45 degrees in the
>>> South-east or SSE at nine PM.
>>>      Yeah, I know this is a shell list: and we look down rather than
>>> up. But this thing in the sky has me interested. I hope one of you
>>> has Astronomy as a minor.
>>>             Art
>>
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