Harry is in the right ballpark.  It's a freshwater bivalve.  Come on, Tom
Watters.

Kurt

At 07:23 AM 6/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear L'ers,
>
>We FW collectors stand in awe of Isaac Lea (1792-1886), who provided us
>with no less than 75 names for various manifestations of Elliptio
>complanata (Lightfoot, 1786).  Other authorities combined for only 20 more
>(total synonyms about 95).  This may prove a bit on the "lumpy" side once
>the gel-jockies provide molecular taxonomic insights, but you may see this
>testimony to redundancy in Johnson, R. I., 1970  The systematics and
>zoogeography of the Unionidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the southern Atlantic
>slpe region. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 140 (6): 263-449. Nov. 27.
>
>Harry
>
>
>At 11:29 PM 6/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Maybe Conus mediterraneus?  Cone people like naming cones a lot, and they
>>ARE so variable.
>>
>>Lynn Scheu
>
>>>Dear Kurt and all,
>>>  I wouldn't be surprised if the mollusk with the most named wasn't either
>>>Flexopecten glaber or Aequipecten opercularis. There are synonyms up to
ying
>>>yang for both of  them and expecially after Msr. Locard got through naming
>>>color forms. One day I will count them all, but if there are less than
fifty
>>>names for each species I would be surprised.
>>>          Carole M
>>>           Lake Worth, Fl.
>
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