Harry,
After you return home, could you list the 31 species nominated via
Conch-L for those of us who have not seen the entire list?
Thanks,
Karlynn
NC-USA

On 6/26/2012 6:20 PM, Harry G. Lee wrote:
> Dear Michael,
>
> The symposium went from 9:15 to noon on Friday 6/22/12 and featured
> presentations by:
>
>   * Ed Tory on his collection of Peter Dances's 50 rare shells.
>   * A. Peter Dance (by Skype from his library in Carlisle, England) -
>     an epilogue 43 years after /Rare Shells/.
>   * Richie Goldberg on what is a rare shells?
>   * Don Pisor on WRS (an example of infraspecific rarity).
>   * Jay Cordeiro on biological and conservation perspectives on
>     molluscan rarity.
>   * Me, batting clean-up and trying to contrast the Dance paradigm
>     with contemporary viewpoints. A vote for the sudiences's favorite
>     of (a) the 31 species nominated through Conch-L exercise and of
>     (b) the 50 treated in/Rare Shells/ concluded the session.
>
> Later in the day I announced the election results:
>
>   * There were 54 ballots returned
>   * Among the contemporary species, 18 received at least one
>     vote./Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis/ was the clear winner with 16
>     ballots cast. A distant second was /Pholadomya candida/ (5 votes).
>   * Among Peter's Rare Shells species /Pholadomya candida/ (12) was
>     head-and-shoulders above the 18 species receiving votes. Trailing
>     at second was /Perotrochus quoyanus/, with 4 votes.
>   * Thirty-one species received one or two votes., which underscores
>     the new/old maxim that rarity is in large part in the eye of the
>     individual collector.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Harry Lee, moderator
>
>
> On 6/26/2012 5:46 PM, Michael Small wrote:
>> Harry,
>>
>> For the edification of the rest of us who were not in Philadelphia, what
>> ever happened at your highly anticipated "Rare Shells" panel?
>>
>> Please enlighten.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael
>>
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