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I had no idea about these small guys - although I remember reading something
about a "land snail bivalve" somewhere.
Now, is there any Ostracodologists of America?
Marcus
>From: bivalve <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Ostracods
>Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:17:52 -0400
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>The main diversity of ostracods is in marine habitats. Although water
>fleas (Daphnia, etc.) and clam shrimp (cladocerans) are more familiar
>freshwater bivalved crustaceans, there are freshwater and even terrestrial
>ostracods (known from humid areas in Australia and New Zealand, I think).
>They can be prey for predatory mollusks and are useful paleontological
>indicators (age and habitat), so they are good for something besides just
>confusing folks interested in small bivalves.
>
> Dr. David Campbell
> Old Seashells
> University of Alabama
> Biodiversity & Systematics
> Dept. Biological Sciences
> Box 870345
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
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>That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
>Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
>Droitgate Spa
MARCUS COLTRO
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