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Re: Most named mollusk
From:
Kurt Auffenberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:40:06 -0400
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>Harry (as always) is right.
DON'T YOU JUST HATE THAT?
I think Elliptio complanata may be the most
>variable, nebulous, wide-ranging, common as lawyers, non-descript,
>over-named shell out there. My esteemed colleague Art Bogan lists 101
>possible synonyms for it.

NOPE.  THE REAL WINNER HAS TWICE THAT AMOUNT.
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