User:BathyMetrix

Barbados resident, 75 years old.

I mainly edit Stub and Start-quality articles,

re. Western Atlantic marine molluscan species.

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The Barbenthos project

was a privately run marine deepwater bottom-sampling project

based at Holetown, Barbados, West Indies -primarily seeking rare molluscan seashells

but also assisting researchers from the local Bellairs Research Institute (McGill Univ.)

with various offshore tasks of their own.

The project lasted for four years: 1985-1989

and used a converted 19 foot Aquasport work-boat named Barbenthos

equipped with a winch and davit for getting various gear and equipment on board

after retrieval from depth.

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In 1989, a new species of Olivella was named after the project

published in La Conchiglia Volume 238-241

with type material deposited at the Zoological Museum Amsterdam.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivella_barbenthos#Etymology

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Olivella_barbenthos

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Among several rare molluscan species

that were brought to light were...

Sthenorhytis pernobilis, Lischkeia imperialis,