Common name | Pouty seasnail |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | morphology |
Remarks | 'pouty', i.e., referring to the oblique position of the lips, the lower lip being thus projected forward, recalling the shape taken by the lips of someone doubting, or musing, or of a child going to cry, and said in French Canadian 'faire un pote', i.e., 'to make a pout' and equivalent in same sense to the English 'to pout'. |