Date:         Tue, 8 Mar 2011 21:07:44 -0500
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From:         serirach@JUNO.COM
Subject:      Re: Fasciolariia lilium
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Fasciolaria lilium is generally restricted to the Yucatan in the Gulf of
Mexico.  F. hunteria is less restricted and is also found on both coasts
of Florida.  The simplest method to distinguish them is the half whorl of
axial ridges after about  1 1/2 whorls of protoconch on F. lilium; F
hunteria has no obvious sculpture.  Also  there are basically two colored
lines on the upper whorls of F. hunteria and three on F. lilium.  There
is no consensus as to the use of hunteria as a species or subspecies
epithet.
Allen Aigen
Serirach@juno.com
NYC

On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:29:56 -0500 Michael Reagin
<reagin.michael@GMAIL.COM> writes:
> I have been using Snyder's book on Fasciolariidae to help resolve
> the
> multitude of different fossil species within the family in my
> collection.
> I see that Fasciolaria lilium and F. hunteria are both used for the
> recent
> common tulip shell.  Snyder lists F. lilium and F. lilium hunteria
> as
> valid.  Does someone have a short description of the differences
> between
> the two?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
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