Ancient Greeks knew about argonauts, but they thought they used their arms as sails, so they called them "nautilos" (ναυτίλος) meaning sailor.
They didn't know about true nautiluses since they live in the Indo-Pacific, and so nautiluses were named after argonauts.
They didn't know about true nautiluses since they live in the Indo-Pacific, and so nautiluses were named after argonauts.
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