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Re: common names , we need them.
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Tom & Peggy Williams <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 21:54:15 -0400
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>I have a friend from Oriental Belouchistan. He calls Common whelk:
>Brochkhatrah. Very usual common name,is itn't! and that is a good reason
>to delete the international latin name.
>Remember the Tower of Babel.   Hi,   Pat.
 
Which whelk is that: a busycon (called whelk in Florida), a buccinid
(Buccinum undatum) (called whelk in New England), a littorina (called whelk
in England) or a trochid (Cittarium pica) called whelk in the Caribbean?
 
Peggy Williams
 
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