Tom & Peggy Williams wrote:
>
> >I have a friend from Oriental Belouchistan. He calls Common whelk:
> >Brochkhatrah. Very usual common name,is itn't! and that is a good reason
> >to delete the international latin name.
> >Remember the Tower of Babel.   Hi,   Pat.
>
> Which whelk is that: a busycon (called whelk in Florida), a buccinid
> (Buccinum undatum) (called whelk in New England), a littorina (called whelk
> in England) or a trochid (Cittarium pica) called whelk in the Caribbean?
>
> Peggy Williams
>
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Hi Peggy,  My whelk is a pure joke but your question is a good answer to
the common name problem!   Pat.