good luck with all the small Rissoids, Turrids, Pyramidellids etc. .......
 
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> Van: mark <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: common names , we need them.
> Datum: woensdag 29 april 1998 5:40
>
> Common shell names, Might we remember that common names serve many
purposes.
> When we started out on this folly many of us learned about shells from
their
> common names, lettered cone, the name fits as it does look like Chinese
> writing. Common names also help by giving easy names to shells so
beginners
> can easily identify them . how many times have you stood there on the
beach
> and someone asks what is that in your hand . if you use a Latin name they
> look at you as if your some biologist and they lose interest. but by
using a
> common name you can see how they associate and maybe at that point we
have
> recruited yet one more into the army of shelters. i believe that if it
take
> using common names to get beginners interested then so be it. When trying
to
> find common names for shells it help to convert the Latin to English ,
> conus magus - magic cone,
> mark