I tend to agree, but most often books are regional and not world wide.

I can see a book written for the Red Sea or Hawaii use terms like that but
it should be with a grain of salt.  Find the species elsewhere - normal
function
in verification - the other book might overlap regions and have a
different ratio.

I think sub species are the largest risk.

I have one shell that for the location where I found it, it is
considered rare.
It seems to be rare in the origin location as well.

I've read stories indicating years of rarity and then a find dumps the
high prices.

It has to be a sellers nightmare and a collector planning on cashing in
on a collection
nightmare.

Martin

Jordan Star wrote:
> Hello
> In any shell book, the words rare, common, abundant, etc., should they
> be ignored?  A rare shell might be rare until a large colony is found
> or several colonies are found then it is common, right?
>
> Jordan Star
>
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