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From: bill@ut-ngp.UUCP (Bill Jefferys)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Octopus....fish, reptile or what?
Message-ID: <5623@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 09:46:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.5623
Posted: Tue Jul 14 09:46:10 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 04:49:22 EDT
References: <596@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <623@entropy.ms.washington.edu>
Reply-To: bill@ngp.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Keywords: squid, scallop, clam, oyster, snail, slug, chiton, BC

In article <623@entropy.ms.washington.edu> uw-entropy!uw-evolution!joe@uw-beaver.UUCP (Joe Felsenstein) writes:
>In article <596@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> avi@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Avi Weiss) writes:
>>I was wondering whether an octopus is a fish or a reptile? Or prehaps
>>some other class? Correct answers would be most appreciated!!
>
>It's in the Phylum Mollusca, a relative of clams, snails, etc. 

Which is, I suppose, the ultimate origin of BC's great discovery:
"Clams got legs!!!"

Bill Jefferys