It has a valid name - given to it by Dall, 1902.

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From: "steve rosenthal" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] correct author for Pitar morrhuanus


> Thank you Dick and Lenny. I didnt read the fine print, no!
>
> So who wants to step forward and give it a valid name?
>
> On 1/13/12, Richard Petit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Dear Steve:
>>
>> You didn't read far enough on Malacolog. It is stated there that it was a
>> nude name in Linsley (1845: 276 and that Gould (1848: 233) used the name
>> in
>> synonymy.  As it was first a nude name, Gould's use in synonymy did not
>> make
>> the name available as of either Linsley or Gould.
>>
>> Malacolog is one of the few data bases that gives you this type of data
>> that
>> is needed to "puzzle out" a name.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> dick
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Rosenthal" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:54 PM
>> Subject: [CONCH-L] correct author for Pitar morrhuanus
>>
>>
>>> Can one of the taxonomy experts  tell me who is the correct author for
>>> the
>>> above species, I always thought it was Linsley, 1848 (whoever he was)
>>> but
>>> I have been noticing some sites like Malacolog are using Dall, 1902.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
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