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Subject:	Conchs and Triplofusus?
From:	bivalve <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 7 Feb 2003 14:16:32 -0500
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>But it's NOT a conch (conchs are strombids). It doesn't live only in Florida. <

This illustrates the problem of common names.  In popular practice, a conch is a snail, usually large.  Thus, Busycon is commonly called a conch.  Thus, we need some sort of balance between stability and accuracy.

>And what does it have to do with a horse, apart from being... er ... large?<

Maybe it eats horse mussels?

    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
    Dept. Biological Sciences
    Box 870345
    Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0345 USA
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That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa

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