> ---------- > From: G. Thomas Watters[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: woensdag 14 oktober 1998 12:29 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: AW: Re: Kintoki and berdulinus (Or, how not to name > mollusks) > > >Another method is to honor famous research vessels, such as the Velero, a > >ship operated by the University of Southern California. Any other > examples? > > > > Other examples are named after the Challenger, Blake, Tomas Barrera, Eolis > (itself named after a mollusc), Utowana, Oregon, Pele, Calypso, Siboga, > Crocker, Albatross, even the Bounty. And the Argo, does that count? And if > we have a tribblei, it's high time we had an enterprisei. > Raja fyllae is named after the research-vessel Fylla. Sorry it is a fish and and not a shell! Martin Cadee > * G Thomas Watters * > * Ohio Biological Survey & * > * Aquatic Ecology Laboratory * > * Ohio State University * > * 1315 Kinnear Rd. * > * Columbus, OH 43212 USA * > * v:614-292-6170 f:614-292-0181 * > > "The world is my oyster, except for months with an "R" in them" - Firesign > Theater > > "A paranoid is a man who knows a little of what's going on" - William > Burroughs >