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Re: "ugly" shells
From:
Roland Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:51:56 -0800
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Here in the Northeast Pacific, we have a clam with the common name "Northwest ugly clam," Saxicola navicula (=saxicola). It has a rather misshapen shell, covered with periostracum, with very pearly nacre inside.
Roland

Roland C. Anderson, PhD
The Seattle Aquarium
1483 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
phone: 206-386-4359

>>> [log in to unmask] 11/14/00 08:19AM >>>
In a message dated 11/13/00 3:59:27 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< There is nothing "ugly" in Nature - this exists only in the mind.  Beauty
can be
found in ALL of nature, if one just looks for it!

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