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Post by ceiron on Jul 12, 2005 18:39:58 GMT
interntaional society for snails and slugs ISS ?
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Post by Kevin on Jul 12, 2005 18:41:32 GMT
do oyu think international mollusc society would be a better name then ? How about Gastropod society then? as that would only include snails and slugs wouldnt it? im not sure though? is squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilids etc gastropods as well?
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 12, 2005 18:47:44 GMT
How about Gastropod society then? as that would only include snails and slugs wouldnt it? im not sure though? is squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilids etc gastropods as well? I don't think they are, but gastropods include things like sea hares, whelks and periwinkles...
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Post by Paul on Jul 12, 2005 19:33:01 GMT
Here is an idea.
Why not call it "pulmonata society". They are molluscs with lungs so they include land snails and slugs. I have actually registered pulmonata.co.uk, that points to my website. If we use petsnails.co.uk as the society website as discussed earlier in the threads etc. I can make it so people who go to pulmonata.co.uk (or if we register pulmonata.org or something) get taken straight to the society section.
For anyone wondering why, it means we will have proper society member functions and we'll be able to collaborate collectively, rather than cobbling a new site together.
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Post by ceiron on Jul 12, 2005 19:54:35 GMT
ips then ? lol
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Post by Leah on Jul 12, 2005 20:05:08 GMT
ips! lol. Thats great. ips. hehe.
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Post by Arno on Jul 12, 2005 20:06:22 GMT
Ok thats sounds good,only thing is that would exclude certain snailspecies who belong to the Prosobranchia(Applesnails for example).....
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Post by Leah on Jul 12, 2005 20:08:10 GMT
oh dear. hhhmmmmmmmmm. But ips is such a fun word to say...
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Post by Paul on Jul 12, 2005 20:15:33 GMT
Well, the only thing I'd mention here is that it all depends on how broad the society is, I mean whatever we pick may exclude certain things. Perhaps, as we are a hobbyist group we should actually be called the "Pet Mollusc Society" or something, so that anyone who keeps any type as a pet is welcome. I think that is truer to what we are, at the end of the day it is because we keep them as pets we want to know more about them. We can leave the others up to the conchology and malacology organisations. What do you think?
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Post by Leah on Jul 12, 2005 20:17:15 GMT
er. but then we would be called PMS which is something else entirely...
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Post by Paul on Jul 12, 2005 20:22:49 GMT
How about Pet Gastropod Society then or "International Pet Mollusc Society"?
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Post by natrat84 on Jul 12, 2005 20:24:57 GMT
IPMS is good.... I like the PMS one but as Leah said... lol
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Post by Leah on Jul 12, 2005 20:26:00 GMT
IPMS is much better, not that Pet Mollusc Society isn't good it's just that it would also stand for Pre-Menstral Syndrome. lol. All members would be in a permanently bad mood.
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Post by natrat84 on Jul 12, 2005 20:27:31 GMT
Also, I think the 'international' bit is good.. cos there are people from all over ;D
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Post by Paul on Jul 12, 2005 20:30:15 GMT
Arno, do you think it should be mollusc or gastropod?
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Post by natrat84 on Jul 12, 2005 20:34:01 GMT
Whats the difference Paul, what do the 2 mean? In simple basic Nat terms ;D
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Post by Paul on Jul 12, 2005 20:39:19 GMT
A gastropod is a sub-class of mollusc so it narrows the species by quite a bit.
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Post by leah on Jul 12, 2005 20:54:07 GMT
Is gastropod one with a stomach - foot thingy?
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Post by Arno on Jul 12, 2005 21:10:07 GMT
I think gastropod then....so International Gastropod Society ....with or without pet in it.......
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Post by Paul on Jul 13, 2005 4:47:52 GMT
Definition of a Mollusc: www.bartleby.com/65/mo/Mollusca.htmlDefinition of a Gastropod: www.bartleby.com/65/ga/gastropo.htmlAlso... Gastropoda. A class of molluscs. Scientific term for molluscs which have undergone torsion. The name refers to the fact that these creatures seem to creep upon their bellies. In fact in gastropods the stomach is situated well above the region of the foot.
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Post by natrat84 on Jul 13, 2005 10:02:29 GMT
Mmm 1 thing I thought of though. Before I came on here I wouldn't have had a clue what a gastropod or mollusc was/meant..... I searched for land snails. Why can't it just be 'snail' and we can include slugs too. Or snails and slugs.. sooo International Society for Snails and Slugs. I.S.S.S. Just an idea. Maybe we should run a vote Nat
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Post by bookitten on Jul 13, 2005 13:12:27 GMT
international pet gastrapod soceity... or IPGS
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Post by Leah on Jul 13, 2005 20:14:48 GMT
I've just seen the thread with the spanish snails and it gave me an idea for the mag. We could do a feature about snails from different countries. Like in each issue do a different country. That's going to make it more international and I find it very interesting. I've never seen snails like the spanish ones.
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Post by bookitten on Jul 13, 2005 21:40:26 GMT
could we call ourselves IPGS then? standing for international pet gastrapod soceity? or just snail soceity. how about world wide snail soceity? WWSS. so either international pet gastrapod soceity or world wide snail soceity
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Post by Leah on Jul 14, 2005 10:27:17 GMT
maybe we should have a vote.
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