Data on Oliva spicata varieties can be found in:  Tursch, B.,
D.Greifeneder and D. Huart, 1998.  Apex 13(1-2:1-61.  A puzzle of highly
multiform species: Oliva fugurator (Roding, 1798) and related American
taxa.


On Sun, 6 May 2001 10:27:56 +0200 "Maurizio A. Perini"
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> Sunday   May 6, 2001   10:25 am
>
> Hello,
>
> In order to complete the distribution map of the many
> forms of Oliva spicata and to confirm some my thoughts I'm
> asking to the (shell-) travellers which visit often the Baja
> California
> if they never collected the form called "fuscata" Marrat, 1871
> in the Sea of Cortez.
> (Or, as I think, this solid dark brown form of the Oliva spicata
> only occours along the Pacific Coast of the Central America.)
> Indeed I never found the fuscata during my trips to Baja.
>
> Any information about this topic will be very appreciated.
>
> Have a nice Sunday,
>
> Maurizio.
>
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