Harry,
You forgot the 'F' in LWC's.
 
Kurt
 
At 05:08 PM 9/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Ross,
>
>The systematics of LWC's (little white clams) is a muddle.  Generic
>assignments in popular works (e. g. Abbott (1974) are often not consistent
>with type specimens and there are few focussed studies on these families (e.
>g. Kelliidae, Montacutidae, Galeommatidae, Chlamydoconchidae, Turtoniidae,
>sportellidae).  My "systematics" place Bornia floridana Dall, 1899 not in
>Erycina or Naeromya (as Abbott did) but in Orobitella.  On the other hand, I
>have a few species from Florida which seem to fit in the generic unit
>Erycina.  Recently Paula Mikkelsen and Rudiger Bieler have done a little
>work on Floridian LWC's.  I have Cc'ed this message to them as I don't
>believe they are Conch-L'ers.
>
>Harry
>
>
>At 09:04 AM 9/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Dear COA members:
>>
>>Are bivalves of the genus Erycina found in Florida waters???  I have seen
>>reference made to Erycina floridana, but that it is doubtful that this
>>genus occurs in the U.S.
>>
>>Thanks, Ross
>>
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