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From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 14
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> 
> On Friday 22 October 2010 09:54:47 * Hieran Makhwali wrote:
> > {ostreda} would be one fu'ivla coined from the taxon, Ostreidae.
> 
> Sounds good to me. A lot of words for oyster sound like that: Slovene ostriga, 

> Spanish ostra, Modern Greek streidi (the "o" dropped off), Hungarian 
> osztriga, etc. "g" is more common than "d" as the last consonant, though.

I think if its based on Linnaean then the Linnaean 'd' it should be.
> 
> "ostreda" is valid, as "streda" is a slinku'i.
> 
> I've thought of "klamcele" for clam, but it sounds malgli. "vongola" is a 
> valid fu'ivla, but occurs only in Italian. Any other suggestions?
> 

As you say, Pierre, malglico and Italian only, so they sound good, 
but.  I think:

freshwater clams/mussels: based on heterodonta
marine clams/mussels: based on pteriomorphia
scallops: based on pectinidae

totus