>  >Lamp shells were living fossils, dating back 600 million years, Mr
>  >Carter said.
>
>  Living fossils? What an ignorant statement. Only two of these are
>  "living fossils"; the others have no fossil record.

Not to mention that the oldest brachiopods are about 540 million.  Marine reserves are a good idea, but popular-level science is often a bit inaccurate.

    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
    Dept. Biological Sciences
    Box 870345
    Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0345 USA
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That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa

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