Malacologists continue to do good work--don't fire them all!  Rather than 'accepted evolution' try 'what was the most commonly accepted, hypothetical scheme of molluscan evolution'.  That is the sort of explanation which gets into textbooks, but of course is still subject to revision as more information is gathered, or new tests of the hypothesis are made.


Allen Aigen
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From: mike gray <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Was HAM just flim-flam?
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:11:44 -0400

Allen Aigen wrote:

> I find it very interesting that one can essentially conceptually reverse the
> accepted evolution of molluscan groups.  The only problem is that the fossil
 > record does not support such a reversal, although it is rather scanty.
>
>

If there's an "accepted evolution" of mollusks, I guess we can stop all
the speculation and fire all the molluskologists.

m

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