It might be a good idea to check the list in Ponder's reveision of the
Xenophoridae. He lists all recent and fossil taxa of Xenophoridae, and
gives references to the original descriptions of all taxa.
 
Gijs
 
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> Van: Michael Reagin <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: Re[2]: genera Erycina and Xenophora
> Datum: vrijdag 25 september 1998 16:05
>
> Hi Ross
>
> Although I cannot say if Erycina is now found in Florida, the genus is
well
> represented there in the fossil record.  Gardner in her classic work on
the
> fossil deposits of the Alum Bluff Group (Miocene) lists 5 species
(Erycina
> undosa, E. chipolana, E. scaptera, E. fabulino, and E. curtidens) from
the
> Chipola formation and E. actinophora from the Oak Grove sand.
>
> There was a thread some time ago about fossil Xenophora.  Gardner list
three
> species from the Chipola Formation (Xenophora conchyliophora, X.
laevigata, and
> X. textilina).  I have personally collected internal casts of Xenophora
> throughout the S.E. US.  These include the Upper Eocene Crystal River
Formation
> in Lafayette, Co., FL; Upper Eocene Tivola Limestone (Ocala equiv.) near
Perry,
> Georgia; Oligocene Bryram Formation near Hawkinsville, Georgia; and the
Glendon
> Limestone in Washington Co., Alabama.  In all cases none of the specimens
could
> be identified to species.
>
> Michael Reagin
> Cleveland Heights, OH
>
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> Subject: Re: genus Erycina
> Author:  Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> at
> Internet-APBiotech-America
> Date:    9/23/98 9:04 AM
>
>
> Dear COA members:
>
> Are bivalves of the genus Erycina found in Florida waters???  I have seen
> reference made to Erycina floridana, but that it is doubtful that this
> genus occurs in the U.S.
>
> Thanks, Ross
>
>
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