Helmut,

You are completely missing the point, and you certainly don't know what you
are writing about.
Those new names of families have been proposed after years of research. You
should read the book I am referring to in another message (reaction on Art)
send simultaneously with this one. In that you can also find a very
interesting paper on Cypraeidae by E. Allison Kay, titled Evolutionary
radiations in the Cypraeidae.
I do agree with Andrew that one cannot simply copy al the names introduced
by Russian authors (the view of some of them on Sphaeridae would almost
imply that every fresh water lake has at least one endemic species of
Pisidium, and that every species accepted by European workers should be a
genus.
However, the introduction by Golikov & Starobogarotov (referred to by Terry
Arnold) of the family Olivellidae appears to be well proven by Kantor
(seealso reference given by  Maurizio Perini).

Gijs

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> Van: Helmut Nisters <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: small Cypraeas
> Datum: zaterdag 28 augustus 1999 20:48
>
> Dear Olivers (to all who occupy with Olividae)
>
> Would you like to transfer some small Cypraeas into a new family:
> Cypraeellidae
>
> Olivella always has been in the family of Olividae and I keep this
> in future too. Maybe somebody creates new families like:
> Ancillidae, Amaldidae, Eburniidae eg.
>
> The Cypraea (Sub) Genus Zoila is eating a very different food from
Cypraeas. This also could be a reason to create a new family:
> Zoilidae or. There is a lot to do and some people are overworked
> to find new families or genera, eg.
>
> Helmut Nisters
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> or
>
> Natural History Department of the
> Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
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