>Martin E. Tremor, Jr. wrote:
>>
>> At the COA bourse I purchased a shell labeled Conus scalaris. The tag gives
>> Valenciennes, 1832 as the author and Guaymas, Mexico as location. I  can find
>> nothing in any of my books about this shell. Is it common?   uncommon? Is
this
>> a vallid species. Any hope would be appreciated.
>>
 
Keen (1971) lists it as a good species, with C. dispar as a possible
synonym. She does however note that some authors do not consider C. scalaris
a separate species from the "C. regularis complex."
 
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