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Re: Earthworms and malacology
From:
Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:49:12 +1200
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>Some land snails eat earthworms, and certain marine annelid worms
>make shells that have been confused with worm snails.

And scaphopods!

>On the other hand, aplacophorans and some specialized parasitic
>snails look rather like worms.

You'd have to call the eulimid Entoconcha a worm. After all, the term
"worm" in nontaxonomic.

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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
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