Conus cepasi

Ashley Missen How to pronounce this little guy from Blairgowrie pier Australia Thecacera pennigera - Thecacera = thee ka ser ah pennigera = pen ig er ah

João Pedro Silva One doesn't know exactly how latin sounded like (actually, it may have sounded different according to location), only what latin derived languages sound now. But we're free to speculate. "Thecacera" comes from greek: θήκη. So it should be more "theh" and not "thee". Many latin derived languages (my own, Portuguese, is an exception) use mostly open vowels and the "g" is soft in this situation (preceding "i" and "e") so I imagine "pennigera" more like "peh-nee-jeh-rah". But I repeat: this is pure speculation. Bill Rudman had a post about pronounciation at the Sea Slug Forum but unfortunately it appears to have vannished during the last server maintenance and the Australian Museum doesn't care much about the importance of the forum.

Lucas CerCur This is the eternal discussion...

Lucas CerCur We, people from latin countries, pronounce the latin names very different...

João Pedro Silva As long as they're written in a way we can communicate, I don't mind any pronounciation. Let's not forget some names are just latin versions of words (and even initials of institutions, Conus cepasi jumps to mind) in other languages.

Ashley Missen This was the way to pronounce it from an email I got from Dr Richard Willan - that is what he email to me

João Pedro Silva As I said previously, it's mostly speculation. I just gave my perspective as a native speaker of a latin language. Too bad Bill Rudman's post on this matter on the SSF is now offline.