The Shellowship of the Ring: Two new snail species named after Tolkien characters
Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings. Described in the open-access journal Zoosystematics and Evolution, Idiopyrgus eowynae and Idiopyrgus meriadoci were named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc Brandybuck from J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic series. In their research paper, the authors explain the name … Read more