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"Frederick W. Schueler" <[log in to unmask]>
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On 13-Sep.-19 11:38 p.m., Dale Snyder dseasheller wrote:

> And my apologies to Marlo. I took a gamble and blew it. I, too have an 
> "ambiguous" name., and am female but am most often addressed as Mr.

* it's safe to use "Dr" for anyone who has used "protoconch."

fred.
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>> On September 12, 2019 at 1:17 PM Allen Aigen 
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> /Cinctura lilium/ is found in the Gulf of Mexico along the southern 
>> border up to southern Texas.  It has vertical ribs on its protoconch 
>> (first approximately three whorls.)  It *may* also have 
>> post-protoconch ribs. /Cinctura hunteria/ overlaps /C. lilium/  but is 
>> present from southern Florida, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, up to 
>> the Carolinas.  It *may* have *post-*protoconch ribs but *lacks* ribs 
>> on the protoconch.  Photos of the entire shell generally will not 
>> clearly show details of the protoconch, so they will not be adequate 
>> for separation.  The two species have different fossil histories and 
>> are not just varieties.
>>
>> Marlo may have an ambiguous name, but he is a man. 😊
>>
>> Allen Aigen
>>

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