>Dear All,
>Just happened to be looking at an old Wards Catalogue (circa 1910) where
>that shell (as Lampsilis leptodon) from Michigan was available for 15
>cents.  This shell (like so many others that have gone on the list
>recently) is not endangered, and one of the rivers I am familiar with,
>the lower Meramec in Missouri, it is quite a common shell.
>
>Alan Gettleman

Alan,

Perhaps you should attend the hearings or write and make your comments
known to the agency. Otherwise, as usual, they'll ban all collecting
without adequate data.

Peggy

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