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Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Hingley's gastropod[edit]
I have been adding data about Lizzie Hingley (Q122371999) (a modern-day fossil-hunter, after whom Turnersuchus hingleyae is named) to Wikidata; and found a source that says she also has a gastropod named after her. Can anyone suggest what taxon that might be, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:45, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- My guess is this is sloppy journalism; there was another person named Marjorie R. Hingley who my google searches are showing was something of an expert in gastropods. I suspect (though cannot find any evidence of either) that the gastropod in question was named for Marjorie and not Lizzie. I can't find anything else, and the only google results I get that have both the name "hingley" and the word "gastropod" are 1) the specific little factoid on a few articles about Lizzie, and 2) several articles written by Marjorie R. Hingley. --Jayron32 17:55, 11 September 2023 (UTC)