Specie is completely incorrect - refers only to money.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Bush [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: An elementary quesion
>
> Hi, Conch-Lers!
>
> This is a simple question: does one correctly refer to a single
> type of shell as a "specie" or is "species" equally correct. I know
> many of us, including me, have used species to refer to the singular as
> well as the plural.
>
> Cheers,
> Linda