> * I append a message from Taxacom that's an introduction to a recent
> discussion of a radical idea of molluscan ancestry. You can follow the
> whole thread by following the directions in the footer file.

It may be worth noting that these ideas didn't fly too well when
posted on the Mollusca list a few years back.  As far as I know, no
one other than the person proposing the model has found it very
convincing.  On the other hand, it is true that several traditional
groupings in the mollusks are receiving new scrutiny.

--
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"

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