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Snail named after The Clash singer Joe Strummer
MOSS LANDING >> Deep sea snails living in the dark, hot and acidic environment around hydrothermal vents are pretty punk rock, scientists have concluded.
Like rock stars with mohawks brooding in leather jackets studded with spikes, the snail genus Alviniconcha shares a spiked shell.
“Because they look like punk rockers in the 70s and 80s and they have purple blood and live in such an extreme environment, we decided to name one new species after a punk rock icon,” said Shannon Johnson, a researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
The name A. strummeri honors Joe Strummer, the lead singer and a guitarist of the British punk rock band The Clash.
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http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/environment-and-nature/20141212/deemed-punk-rock-snail-named-after-the-clash-singer-joe-strummer
