Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!bill 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) Distribution: world Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 11 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