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Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:42:46 -0400
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Folks,

Despite the landscape being littered with synonyms, tributes all to the fallibility of human endeavor, the same can still be said about our current system of nomenclature as Churchill said about democracy (paraphrasing slightly): 'it's the worst form of government - except for all the others'.

PC.

Paul Callomon
Collections Manager
Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
Department of Malacology
Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
Tel 215-405-5096
Fax 215-299-1170
Secretary, American Malacological Society
On the web at www.malacological.org

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