diff --git a/js/cells/DMACell.js b/js/cells/DMACell.js
index a84ae82e42817ef73a4d9566624ed72dfa4ee4c6..e8fadf15227fe6f0efb7133952265370a714c315 100644
--- a/js/cells/DMACell.js
+++ b/js/cells/DMACell.js
@@ -65,16 +65,20 @@ define(['underscore', 'three', 'threeModel', 'lattice', 'appState', 'globals'],
 
         var meshes = [];
         var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, this.getMaterial());
-        mesh.name = "cell";
+        mesh.name = this._getMeshName();
         meshes.push(mesh);
 
         var wireframe = this._buildWireframe(mesh, geometry);
         if (!wireframe) return meshes;
-        wireframe.name = "cell";
+        wireframe.name = this._getMeshName();
         meshes.push(wireframe);
         return meshes;
     };
 
+    DMACell.prototype._getMeshName = function(){
+        return "cell";
+    };
+
     DMACell.prototype._buildWireframe = function(mesh, geometry){//for "cell" view
         return new THREE.Mesh(geometry, wireframeMaterial);
     };
diff --git a/js/cells/GIKCell.js b/js/cells/GIKCell.js
index 8ce29634bb793e19074b18c34f97024d2c6b3b3b..64fe2ca20cb21c83c8649790c8118f2e7c803f99 100644
--- a/js/cells/GIKCell.js
+++ b/js/cells/GIKCell.js
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ define(['underscore', 'three', 'threeModel', 'lattice', 'appState', 'cubeCell'],
         return object3D;
     };
 
+    GIKCell.prototype._getMeshName = function(){
+        return null;
+    };
+
     GIKCell.prototype._initParts = function(){
         if (!this.superCell) return;
         var self = this;
diff --git a/js/cells/supercells/DMASuperCell.js b/js/cells/supercells/DMASuperCell.js
index b245ce3ee6d2fe77d47c9bdc1b302b62f086ce5f..208a541a1c11918c8edf15b9f231c884de8f40d3 100644
--- a/js/cells/supercells/DMASuperCell.js
+++ b/js/cells/supercells/DMASuperCell.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ define(['underscore', 'three', 'threeModel', 'lattice', 'appState', 'cell'],
         return null;//override in subclasses
     };
 
+    DMASuperCell.prototype._getMeshName = function(){
+        return "supercell";
+    };
+
     DMASuperCell.prototype.setMode = function(mode){
         DMACell.prototype.setMode.call(this, mode);
         this._loopCells(function(cell){
diff --git a/js/cells/supercells/GIKSuperCell.js b/js/cells/supercells/GIKSuperCell.js
index 818a6aa1c7e62de496293c9c11efb72bbcd934c6..85cd8e3e222c997c988c43dee1df3ec869983027 100644
--- a/js/cells/supercells/GIKSuperCell.js
+++ b/js/cells/supercells/GIKSuperCell.js
@@ -39,5 +39,9 @@ define(['underscore', 'three', 'threeModel', 'lattice', 'appState', 'superCell',
         return wireframe;
     };
 
+    GIKSuperCell.prototype._getMeshName = function(){
+        return "cell";
+    };
+
     return GIKSuperCell;
 });
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