Sorry, folks, looks like it was my turn to hit the wrong key!!!
 
Have a good weekend too!!
 
 
At 02:48 PM 11/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Ross,
>
>I just received the specimen of "Miralda" terryi (Olsson & McGinty) from
>the Academy. They are very similar, but clearly separate species. The
>Sanibel specimen is fatter (higher ratio width/length), has a wider
>subsutural shelf, and has about half the number of axial ribs per whorl.
>Question now is: do you have the other specimen (Gary Coovert's)? Could you
>send  it to me for measurements, rib counts, etc.? do you think that he
>would be opposed to the idea of including his material as part of the
>type-series (paratype 1)?
>
>Have a good weekend!
>
>Jose
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>Jose H. Leal, Ph.D.
>Director, The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
>Editor-in-chief, THE NAUTILUS
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>
__________________________________________________________________________
Jose H. Leal, Ph.D.
Director, The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor-in-chief, THE NAUTILUS
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http://www.uwp.edu/academic/biology/bmsm/bm_shell.htm
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(941) 395-2233; fax (941) 395-6706
 
"But fit the facts together in any other way and you get more nonsense
instead of less." -- Travis McGee