Very funny, Marlo! You have a fine imagination. On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:04:01 -0400, Marlo Krisberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >There is a little known monograph from 1502 based on data and specimens >collected by Abe Kriesburgo while voyaging with Christoffa Corombo that >treats the Oliva of the Caribbean. All were definitive classified by >Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci using undisclosed molecular identification >technology of impeccable accuracy. The monograph (unpublished, but passed >down through the years via the Kriesburgo line with a specimen Leonardo >dubbed the holotypo) assigned the name Olivo pervaso-caribbaensis da Vinci & >Kriesburgo with a comment as to the great variability of this single species >found everywhere in the Caribbean during Kriesburgo's three voyages with >Corombo. Kriesburgo fled the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition >in the early 16th century and brought the monograph to the Americas >preserved in an inert gas filled portable vault, which after his death was >opened for inspection only once every 50 years as per Abe's wishes. >Unfortunately, no one was interested at the last opening opportunity in >1961, so the monograph, da Vinci's drawings and the holotypo have never been >photographed. So, in another year we will have a definitive name for the >Oliva of the Caribbean and every one can stop revising and correcting >everyone else. > > > >Marlo > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------