Dear Kevin,

The status of families, genera, species and subspecies, changes with every new study.  The use of DNA in establishing relationships will continue to change things for years to come.
If you are looking for a source to verify the validity of species, etc. the best we have is the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS). It is not perfect, but it is the best that we have at present even though some valid species are not recognized based upon the opinions of individual advisors. This argument will continue into perpetuity as long as individual workers have differences of opinion with others.

Best wishes,

Dennis Sargent


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Subject: [CONCH-L] World Register of Marine Species

I would like to get the groups opinion on the World Register of Marine Species database on Mollusca.  Is this the accepted classification breakdown of the Phylum Mollusca or is this an opinion.  I know at one time Kay Vaught’s classification was preferred and then Southern Synthesis.  I realize that that between the lumper's and splitters the classification can change drastically.  
Kevin Kutolowski
Locust, NC

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