>My dear "O.S."
>    St Mary's College? When did the move take place? Do they have a better football team than NC?  Inquiring minds want to know.
>            Art

St. Mary's College actually is shell related, as the St. Mary's Formation a little ways under my feet is rich in mid-Miocene taxa, with other formations nearby, in addition to modern land, freshwater, and estuarine species.  They have never been defeated in football and never will be, unless they get a team.  I have not had much chance to collect since arriving in August.  However, it is nice to have income, and hopefully I will soon have new molluscan DNA sequences again.  I'm still interested in any taxa, especially bivalves, for molecular work.  Incidentally, I changed the quote as well, for the benefit of Gary's quote collection.

    Dr. David Campbell
    "Old Seashells"
    Biology Department
    Saint Mary's College of Maryland
    18952 E. Fisher Road
    St. Mary's City, MD  20686-3001 USA
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"Mollusks murmured 'Morning!'.  And salmon chanted 'Evening!'."-Frank Muir, Oh My Word!