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<div dir="auto">Hi Paul,</div>
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<div dir="auto">I asked chat gpt and got:</div>
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<div dir="auto">Curita is a small coastal barangay (village) located in the municipality of Magsaysay in the province of Occidental Mindoro on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is situated on the western side of the island, along the Mindoro Strait.
Occidental Mindoro is part of the MIMAROPA region, which stands for Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Callomon,Paul <prc44@drexel.edu><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Random Friday-afternoon question: we have the locality “Curita, Luzon” on some land snail labels – anyone have any idea where that might be? It does not come up on the web, at least not that I can find.
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