Snail named after The Clash singer Joe Strummer - Boing Boing

“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.  

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Snail named after The Clash singer Joe Strummer - Boing Boing