Hi Charlie,

I could not agree more.
Especially any self collected shells!

Regards,
Simon



Subject:   Re: not perfect shells
To me a less than perfect shell with complete data (locality, when
collected, by whom, habitat, etc. etc.) is worth far more than a perfect
shell without data.

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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