According to Emily Vokes herself, carioca (as well as calcar) is a synonym
of tenuivaricosus. It is so listed in the Compendium page 134
John
At 04:17 PM 8/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Have a shell labeled Chicoreus tenuivaricosus carioca (Vokes, 1968)
>
>Ponder & Vokes, Recent Murex & Hauatellum, 1988, does not list it.
>Both of Houart's, Chicoreus & Muricidae does not list it either.
>Radwin & D'Attilio does list it under Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg,
>1927) but it reads Chicoreus carioca E. H. Vokes, 1968: 39, new name for M.
>calcar Kiener, 1842 (not Sowerby, 1823)
> From this I take it that it would be correct as Chicoreus (Siratus) carioca
>E. H. Vokes, 1968 and not Chicoreus (Siratus) Tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg,
>1927) ?
>
>If so, is it considered a subspecies or form and then can I go by M.calcar
>Kiener, 1842 for more information?
>
>Thanks ahead,
>
>Harry
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