<And how about Cypraea testudinaria?> testa = Latin, meaning shell >testudo = Latin, a protective "shell" formed over a group of soldiers by holding their shields overhead (simulating a tortoise or turtle shell) >Testudo = a genus of terrestrial tortoises >testudinate = english, meaning "relating to or resembling a tortoise or turtle" >Cypraea testudinaria (common name: tortoise cowrie) Paul M.