Charles Sturm wrote:
>
> And another reason to try to give up on the common names is that they can
> change from local to local.  The scientific name is relatively stable and
> the same one is used by all of us.  If children can deal with the likes of
> Apatosaurus, Diplodicus and Tyranosaurus can we not deal with Pecten,
> Murex, Littorina, Spondylus, etc.?
>
> Charlie
>
> Charlie Sturm, Jr
> Clinical Instructor - Family Medicine
>   University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
> Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
>   Carnegie Museum of Natural History
>
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> On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Philip Poland wrote:
>
> > Dear Wizzard,
> >
> > Please give up on the common names. Lots of the little ones don't even have
> > them. The time you would spend in memorizing the common names (if you can
> > find them) could be spent investing in what you'll eventually do anyway.
> >
 
Thank you Mr. Strum, Gary and others..My Mentor has set me straight.  I
still won't mind if ya'll use common names though in your references.
It makes life a little easier for some of use neophytes :-)  I hope no
one took offense to my posting.  I do like Conch-L and the informative
dialogue.