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> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:13:41 -0400
> From: Marcela Lucero <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Pecten glossary
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> Hi John,
> Iīll be very gratefull if you could send me the scan of that.
> Regards,
> Marcela
>
> John Wolff wrote:
>
>> Gary Coovert wrote "An Introduction to the Study of Scallops"
>> published in
>> American Conchologist of June 1990 which includes technical terms.
>> I could provide a scan.
>>
>> John
>>
>> At 08:59 AM 6/17/2005, you wrote:
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>>> Hi Oliver:
>>> Of course I encounter those difficulties. In many cases, even when the
>>> species determination in the books (catologues for example) are based in
>>> shell caracteristics, many of them are as you say color or sculpture
>>> that in many circumstances have dissapeared with the past of thousend of
>>> years. Thats why I have a reference collection, both of fresh an
>>> archaeological specimens in different stages of dissolution, for study
>>> which traits remain and which not, or in the most cases, some remain in
>>> certain conditions, and others in other.
>>> You mencioned you have many Pectinids. Have you a "system" (I donīt know
>>> how to put it in english) to describe their different parts? Another
>>> problem I confront is that the vocabulary to describe the parts of the
>>> shell itīs offen not enough, because I need to describe many points in a
>>> single "part" (for describing the manufacture and use of the artifact).
>>> Dou you have references (hopefully in internet please) of different
>>> systems of description?. I use Keen 1971.
>>> Regards
>>> Marcela Lucero
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