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Re: Boring
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Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:20:56 +1200
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>Of course Pteropurpura trialata is a Murex.  A little knowledge  can
>be dangerous.

It's a murex, not a Murex (of course i missed the uppercase in me
previous posting). Murex is a genus; murex is not.

It's just as easy to learn correct taxonomy as incorrect. There are
no alternative usages. P. trialata is in genus Pteropurpura, not
Murex.
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Andrew Grebneff
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