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Subject:	What is meant by type species
From:	Diana Pederson <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:33:01 -0500
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Hi:

Every onece in a while I see a name for a shell with the statement
"Type species" after it.  What is this?  I am familiar with family,
genus, species, cultivar from the plant world.  Not sure there are
"cultivars" in the animal world.  Haven't heard of "type species"
before.
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