>He also stated that the Zoological Record won't do our work for us. Well,
>before anyone (like Sylvia Edwards) makes plans to do the job by teamwork,
>what other large lists of molluscan taxa, published or unpublished, are
>available? And when an author plans a monograph of a whole family, how do
>you make sure your list of species is complete?
 
My old adage "Know thy creature".  No one can be sure unless they do their
homework.  This takes time and effort, diligence and whole bunch of other
superlatives, but when it's done, AH!, it feels good.
 
Kurt
 
 
(No, me buckos, I am NOT
>volunteering! I am already heavily engaged in compiling a complete list of
>trace-fossil taxa, with collaborator Alfred Uchman. I'll be glad to cheer
>you on, however.)
>
>Thanks for the corrections.
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>