One possible solution to the problem of accidental or poorly
thought-out replies to the list is to add dummy characters in the reply-to
address.  If automatic replies were sent to
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This has worked on one list I am on.  Any thoughts on whether we should try
it here?
 
Some additional conchological content: Regarding Malea, there are
additional fossil species, in addition to the extant ones previously
listed.  In the lower Pliocene, they were widespread in the western
Atlantic, reaching as far north as South Carolina.
 
David Campbell
 
"Old Seashells"
 
Department of Geological Sciences
CB 3315 Mitchell Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3315
USA
 
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"He had discovered an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus"-E. A. Poe, The
Gold Bug