Hi, Everyone!

To all those who helped me with my questions
on Korean Rissoidae and Lucinidae, a big
"Thank You!"  Your information had been a
great help to me.

All the best from Sogwipo, Korea!
Ron Noseworthy



On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:30:59 -0500, Richard
Petit wrote:

>
> On No. 2, the names apply to the same
> species, originally proposed in the
> genus Alvania.  Now considered to be a
junior
> synonym of Rissoina
> (Phosinella) Schwartz, 1860.  For
> Indo-Pacific gastropods, a good site is
> OBIS at the ANSP web site:
>
http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/search
>
> dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ronald noseworthy"
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> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:27 AM
> Subject: Lucinidae and Rissoidae
>
>
> > Hi, Everyone!
> >
> > I have been working with Korean Rissoidae
> and
> > Lucinidae, and have encountered some
> > problems.  Hopefully, someone on the list
> can
> > help me.
> >
> > 1.  Are Epicodakia delicatula (Pilsbry,
> 1904)
> > and Myrtea (Myrtea) delicatula A. Adams,
> 1862
> > (Lucinidae) different species?  The few
> > illustrations and scanty descriptions I
have
> > show them to be almost identical.
> >
> > 2. Are Alvania pura Gould, 1861 and
Rissoina
> > (Phosinella) pura (Gould, 1861)
(Rissoidae)
> > synonyms?
> >
> > 3.  Also in the Lucinidae, what diagnostic
> > features separate Pillucina pisidium
> (Dunker,
> > 1860) and Wallucina striata (Tokunaga,
> 1906)?
> >  I have looked at dozens of specimens of
> what
> > appears to be P. pisidium, but I am not
> sure.
> >
> > Any light that can be cast on any, or all,
> of
> > these matters would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Malacologically yours,
> > Ron Noseworthy
> >
> >
>
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