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Harry,
You forgot the 'F' in LWC's.
Kurt
At 05:08 PM 9/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Ross,
>
>The systematics of LWC's (little white clams) is a muddle. Generic
>assignments in popular works (e. g. Abbott (1974) are often not consistent
>with type specimens and there are few focussed studies on these families (e.
>g. Kelliidae, Montacutidae, Galeommatidae, Chlamydoconchidae, Turtoniidae,
>sportellidae). My "systematics" place Bornia floridana Dall, 1899 not in
>Erycina or Naeromya (as Abbott did) but in Orobitella. On the other hand, I
>have a few species from Florida which seem to fit in the generic unit
>Erycina. Recently Paula Mikkelsen and Rudiger Bieler have done a little
>work on Floridian LWC's. I have Cc'ed this message to them as I don't
>believe they are Conch-L'ers.
>
>Harry
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>At 09:04 AM 9/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Dear COA members:
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>>Are bivalves of the genus Erycina found in Florida waters??? I have seen
>>reference made to Erycina floridana, but that it is doubtful that this
>>genus occurs in the U.S.
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>>Thanks, Ross
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>>Ross W. Gundersen email:
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>>Associate Professor of Biological Sciences fax: 414-595-2056
>>University of Wisconsin - Parkside telephone: 414-595-2417
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>>Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141-2000
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>Harry G. Lee
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