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| Date: | Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:08:25 -0000 |
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Thomas , I'll take a stab at this one , how about liggus ? BTW, I do have a
few unionidae that are very colorful interior wise that is , some are a rose
color, others blueish, some a golden brown. but you are absolutley right
that the majority of them fresh water mussels are bone white . Ferret,
"ready to weqaswelaway a weekend
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>But this raises another question. In what other major group of molluscs is
>the outer pigment and patterns only in the periostracum. Most people strip
>away the periostracum from their marine specimens to get at the colors
>underneath.
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>G. Thomas Watters
>Ohio Biological Survey &
>Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
>Ohio State University
>1315 Kinnear Road
>Columbus, OH USA
>v: 614-292-6170
>f: 614-292-0181
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