>This should help.
> A species is a shell what I got and can match it to a pitcher
>in a book. A sub-species is a shell what looks like something I got
>but isn't quite but isn't nuthin different either.
> I hope that clears the matter up
> Art
Now, that's a way I wouldn't have thought of putting it... well-said!
"Subspecies" are neither here nor there. Which is why most
professional taxonomists have dropped their usage.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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