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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