Message not phone call

Why would this happen: when I attempt to telephone one number in Contacts by pressing the number, it creates an email instead?
This does not happen with other numbers.

For the record, I'll answer my own question. The particular number had been accidentally entered into an email field in Contacts. Duh!

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