ANSWERS TO KNOW YOUR VOLUTIDAE
by Betty Hunter

1. What species names the most warlike city-state of Ancient Greece?
   - Tractolira sparta Dall, 1896
2. What species might be the son of a young man or shepherd?
   - Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926
3. What species names a great British statesman and great poet, second only to Shakespeare.
   - Melo miltonis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
4. What species suggests sounds you never want to hear from the engine of your car?
   - Alcithoe knoxi Dell, 1956
5. What species is one whose presence in one's home is without permission, invitation, or welcome?
   - Cymbiola intruderi Poppe, 1985
6. What species strongly suggests a woodsman who brings home game for food?
   - Cymbiolista hunteri Iredale, 1931
7. What two volutes are noted as makers of medical supplies and baby products?
   - Teramachia johnsoni (Bartsch, 1942)
8. What species sounds like one who would cultivate a plot of ground?
   - Notovoluta gardneri Darragh, 1983
9. What species is perplexed and filled with misgivings?
   - Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827)
10. What species names a basic part of a plant or animal cell?
    - Lyria nucleus (Lamarck, 1811)
11. What species needs to call the fire department immediately?
    - Fusivoluta blazei (Barnard, 1957)
12. What species suggests a sportsman who uses a bow and arrow?
    - Lyria archeri (Angas, 1865)
13. What species describes a large, two-handled storage jar used in Ancient Greece?
    - Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
14. What species suggests a statement which seems contradictory but may be true?
    - Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1985)
15. What species suggests a driver who travels only after dusk and before dawn?
    - Livonia roadnightae (McCoy, 1881)
16. What speies suggests the part of a ship which a seaman would approach if ordered to go aft?
    - Arctomelon stearnsi (Dall, 1872)
17. What species suggests a person who might be called a second Socrates or one of the Magi?
    - Cymbiolacca wisemani (Brazier, 1870)
18. What species mentions a human bone?
    - Teramachia tibiaeformis Kuroda, 1931
19. What species has the same name as a certain murderous cetacean?
    - Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952
20. What species might be expected to work with a loom all day?
    - Paramoria guntheri weaveri McMichael, 1961

Questions | Clues

First published in the Jacksonville Shell-O-Gram, edited by Bill Frank.
Betty Hunter, member of the Jacksonville Shell Club and Conchologists of America for many years, passed away Dec 3, 1996, mourned by her friends, former Latin students and fellow collectors everywhere. We'll miss her passion for shells and their names and for classical lore and language.