Listers,

I'm away from my collection and library, but I seem to recall that Peter Dance illustrated an authentic "Murex" barclayi in his work, Rare Shells. It may have been the holotype, and it was collected in western Indian Ocean waters - maybe Mauritius.

That specimen looked different from anything I have seen originating in th Philippines.

Harry


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>From: Richard Parker <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Nov 21, 2009 8:07 AM
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>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Naquetia annandelei - N. barclayi ... synonymous?
>
>I have 4 of these things, that I bought exactly because the shell was
>pictured so prominently in the 'Compendium of Shells' as N. annandalei.
>
>I can see no real differences between them, so my conclusion is that
>someone, somewhere, has decided to revert to the original naming as N.
>barclayi.
>
>Eddy Hardy features it as N. barclayi.
>
>Poor Mr Annandale no longer has a record in posterity.

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