>Dear Bert & all :-D
>Even in case that some malacologists would consider ZEUXIS a valid,
>full genus of Nassariidae (and to date there is no anatomical proof
>that this is the case), the taxon Nassarius (Zeuxis) sinarus
>(Philippi, 1851), has a clear, one year chronological priority over
>Nassa semiplicata A.Adams, 1852, and Philippi's taxon remains the
>valid one in usage in Nassariidae.
>Cheers,
>Lubosh

I would agree that many supraspecific taxa in Nassariinae are of
subgeneric rank, including Niotha, Zeuxis, Hima, Cryptonassarius and
Telasco.

Cyllene, Bullia and Demoulia are however undoubtedly generic-rank
taxa, and perhaps also Ilyanassa.
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Andrew Grebneff
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