Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:20:42 -0400
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From: csturmjr+@PITT.EDU
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Shells could also imply Ostracoda.
> At least 'mollusks' would imply the Phylum Mollusca whereas 'shell' can
> imply at least 2 phyla (Mollusca and Brachiopoda). Granted, brachs are a
> 'minority' group when compared with mollusks...but only if you're looking
> at contemporary, not Paleozoic, specimens.
>
> Shirley S. Albright
> Manager, Technology and Museum Information Systems
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> New Jersey State Museum
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> José H. Leal
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 4:10 PM
> To: CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] ID Assistance
>
> Why "Five main classes of shell" and not "Five main classes of mollusks"?
>
> ________________________________________________________
> José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director
> The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Burton Vaughan
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:37 PM
> To: CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: [CONCH-L] ID Assistance
>
> I would greatly appreciate help in identifying the following shell,
> which was obviously mis-identified in the Archerd Shell Collection:
>
> http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/
> QuestionableIDs.html
>
> -Burton Vaughan
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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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