>Okay-
>
>I agree that we shell collectors should be using
>scientific names, BUT...when trying to communicate with
>the non-shelling public, you had beeter know the local
>common name if you want to get information on collecting
>sites from them.  How many non-shellers in Florida would
>look at you in consternation if you asked them where you
>could find a Triplofusus gigantea?  A few might recognize
>Pleuroploca gigantea.
>
>We have to be able to wear two hats to get around the
>world as we shell.

*Sigh*
I guess in this case you're right.