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Re: Chilean monster
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bivalve <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:26:56 -0400
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Here's another reference on the Florida and Bermuda lumps:

Johnson, Richard I. 1998b. The myth of Octopus giganteus Verrill, 1897: a whale of a story. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, 5(76):456-457.

He cites a then-recent molecular study that confirmed that the Florida specimen was a whale.

    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
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