Good question!

AND :
As I'm trying to correctly display the shell and its plates for a good
photo, would be very pleased to know the right way to do it.
What's on the left, on the right, etc... Do some anatomical drawings exist
somewhere on the web?
Dear ConCHLers, did you met them?
Thank you!!!

Caro, Paris.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Mayhew" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:08 AM
Subject: Auxillary plates in Scaphander: Why?


>         I hope the list will forgive me asking a question i could find an
> answer to with a bit of digging on my own, but hopefully it will be of
> interest to others on the list who may have been wondering about the
> same thing!
>
>         The genus Scaphander often has curious "auxillary plates" inside,
whose
> function is not immediately obvious: what DO their owners use them for,
> and do all Scaphander have them in some form or another, or just some
> species of this curious genus?
>
> From the again-wet (but still great!) North,
> Ross.
>