Thanks Harry, but I was unclear in what I wanted.  Cooper (1888, Catalogue
of California fossils:  California Mining Bureau, Seventh Annual Report, p.
221-308) lists Fusinus dupetitthouarsi(Kiener) as a fossil from Deadman
Island (which use to be in San Pedro harbor, Los Angeles County).  I'm
fairly certain his taxon isn't F. dupetitthouarsi and to my knowledge F.
dupetitthouarsi has not been reported as a fossil from southern California,
aside from Cooper.    So what is Cooper's F. dupetitthouarsi really?  Any
ideas?  Fusinus barbarensis (Trask) is already taken by Cooper's F.
corpulentus Conrad fide Grant and Gale, 1931.

Best,

Chuck

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Dear Chuck,

The binomen is expressed Fusinus dupetitthouarsi (Kiener, 1840).  A number
of authorities, including Keen (1971; sp. 1340, pp. 615-616)* consider it
the valid name for the largest fusinine snail in the Panamic Province.  The
hyphen, although part of the original epithet Fusus Dupetit-Thouarsi, is
dropped in conformity with Article 32.5.2 of The Code** - just as the
reduction of the upper-case "D" and "T" is mandated to lower per Article
28).


*Keen, A. M., 1971. Sea shells of tropical west America. Stanford Univ.
Press, CA, pp. 1-1064 incl. numerous figs. + 22 pls.
**ICZN (International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature), 1999.
International code of
zoological nomenclature fourth edition. I.C.Z.N., London. pp. 1-306 +
i-xxix.


At 05:31 PM 10/14/2003, you wrote:
      Hi everyone,

      I'm working on some Pleistocene fossils from San Pedro, southern
      California
      and have come across the name Fusinus dupetit-houarsi Kiener.  Can
      anyone
      direct me to a reference to the modern name of this taxon?

      Best,

      Chuck

      Charles L Powell, II
      Western Earth Surface Processes Team, MS 975
      U. S. Geological Survey
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      Menlo Park, CA  94025
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