Harry,
Anyone who has scallops should also have Henk Dijkstrata's site
bookmarked.  He uses tribes to help break up the too numerous genera in
subfamilies into closely related groups.  Of course if you separate
alphabetically only, and do not care which is related to which, it
doesn't help.  See http://Home.planet.nl/~hdykstra/classification.html

Allen Aigen  NYC
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:42:06 -0500 "[log in to unmask]"
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> The Veliger:
>  gen'us (L genus= race, tribe): a taxon including one to many
> species of
> presumed common phylogenetic origin, separated from related but
> similar
> taxa by a decided gap.
> Its a start to understanding, now, Giji's, Harry and the rest of
> the
> knowledgeable people, if one would take a major family that most
> would be
> familiar with like, Murex and apply tribe and genera to it would be
> most
> helpful. Both of you have help me tremendously to direct my thoughts
> and
> understand things where I still would be in the dark. I am asking
> once
> again for help. I chose Murex because anatomically most do not nor
> have
> not, the chance to study, but shell structure (if applies) would
> help.
>
> Love it,
>
> Harry B.
>
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