funny names

[Jean-Michel MAES]

Hi,

Does someone has a picture of the trivalvia mollusk ?

Thanks,

JM

Dr. Jean-Michel MAES
MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO
AP 527 (Do not use DHL or similar !)
LEON
NICARAGUA
tel 505-3116586
FAX 505-3110126
jmmaes at ibw.com.ni
afleon at ibw.com.ni (solo para emergencia, si jmmaes no responde)

http://www.ibw.com.ni/~jmmaes (pequeña pagina de contacto)
www.avesnicaragua.org (aves)
http://www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/nicaragua/welcome.htm (Home
page)
www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/database2/honduintro.htm
(Scarabaeidae)
www.windsofkansas.com/nicaragua.html (Odonata)
www.geocities.com/krislinde/pdf/JMMAES.pdf (bibliografia)
www.estasemanatv.com/05012003/04.asx (mariposas)
http://www.coleoptera.org/p1760.htm (Lucanidae genera)
----- Original Message -----
From: John Bruner <jbruner at UALBERTA.CA>
To: <TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: funny names


> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Richard Petit wrote:
> > ...
> > One of my favorites in Mollusca is the "trivalved" freshwater mollusk
that
> > Audubon invented and described to the idiot Rafinesque who drew it and
named
> > it.  He later reprinted his figure and named it again so that this
imaginary
> > creature has two generic and two specific names.
> > ...
>
> Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783-1840) was no idiot.  He
> accomplished a great deal considering he never had an adequate library at
> his disposal.  It is not his fault that he was duped by the evil Audubon
> into believing the paintings of fake fish et ali sent to him were real.
> Rafinesque smashed Audubon's violin when he threw it at a bat he was
> trying to collect in their cabin. To pay him back, the devious Audubon
> painted about a dozen imaginary fish that Rafinesque included descriptions
> of in his book Fishes of Ohio (1820). Rafinesque was ruined and died
> penniless in a Philadelphia attic because he had trusted Audubon.
>
>         John
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