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Re: ID Assistance
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Shells could also imply Ostracoda.

> At least 'mollusks' would imply the Phylum Mollusca whereas 'shell' can
> imply at least 2 phyla (Mollusca and Brachiopoda).   Granted, brachs are a
> 'minority' group when compared with mollusks...but only if you're looking
> at contemporary, not Paleozoic, specimens.
>
> Shirley S. Albright
> Manager, Technology and Museum Information Systems
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> José H. Leal
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 4:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] ID Assistance
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> Why "Five main classes of shell" and not "Five main classes of mollusks"?
>
> ________________________________________________________
> José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director
> The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
> Editor, The Nautilus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Burton Vaughan
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CONCH-L] ID Assistance
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> I would greatly appreciate help in identifying the following shell,
> which was obviously mis-identified in the Archerd Shell Collection:
>
> http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/
> QuestionableIDs.html
>
> -Burton Vaughan
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Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
Fellow-American Academy of Family Practice
Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine

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