At 10:38 PM -0600 13-11-2002, Cecil Bankston wrote:
>Should the buccinid genus be spelled Aenator or Aeneator? I have found
>both versions of the name in various, presumably authoritative, books
>and WWW sites. Is there an expert on Buccinidae on the list who could
>explain which should be used and why?
>--
>Cecil N. Bankston
>Baton Rouge, LA USA
Aenator is plain WRONG. Nonnegotiable. It IS Aeneator. Described by
Finlay in 1926, though it is usually listed as 1927 (problems with
dates on some earlyish publications).
--
Andrew Grebneff
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