Speaking about the Compendium, there are two copies for sale at present on e-Bay. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monfils, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Types O' Typhis > Hi Ellen, > > Sounds like a great specimen! Don't pay too much attention to the > designations "common", "uncommon", and "rare" in the Compendium. Many of > them are very misleading. Some of them may have been correct when the book > was published, but are not currently so. Others are just way off the mark, > and were from the start. > > Yes, pinna means feather, and pinnatus means feathered, or resembling a > feather, or - in english - pinnate. > > Paul M. >