Spell checkers are only as good as good as what we program into them.
Would your spell checker accept molluscs or mollusks?

As far as landshells or land shells how about these three books:

Abbott - Compendium of Landshells.
A. Gonzales Guillen - Cuba The Landshells Paradise
Parkinson, et al - Tropical landshells of the world.

> Ok, but what about land shells? If I try to write landshell the spelling
> corrector will adjust it to
> a two word form...
>
> Marcus
>
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> Fabio,
>
> When I was editing The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and
> Preservation, I used the form 'seashell(s)' in the text portion. This was
> the style that I chose for the book and which I asked contributors to use.
> A search of the book shows both uses in cited references. The most common
> usage worldwide was 'seashell', and this was the more common usage in
> books published in the USA as well.
>
>> Dear listers
>>
>> What is the preferred spelling in American English, seashell or sea
>> shell
>> (as two words)? I have seen both but I'm not sure which is the correct
>> or
>> preferred spelling.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Fabio
>>
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Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
Fellow-American Academy of Family Practice
Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine

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