Many thanks for the information and best regards, Henk K. Mienis.
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From: Harry G. Lee <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: Iphigenia from Western Atlantic
> Dear Henk,
>
> I have three lots assigned to I. brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818):
>
> Dade Co., Florida (2) [leg. mihi]
> San Juan Puerto Rico (2) [leg. mihi]
> Salvador, Bahia, Brasil (3) [leg C. Voss]
>
> The pallial sinuses are essentially the same in all seven shells.
>
> The two smaller shells in the Brasilian lot (45 and 52 mm.) are more tumid
and
> evenly trigonal than any of the others. The largest of that Brasilian lot
(62
> mm.) has a distinct sulcus in front of the posterior radial angulation and
is
> indistinguishable from a Puerto Rican shell.
>
> I am unable to see any dichotomy among these few specimens.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Harry
>
>
> At 09:35 AM 9/4/00 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> > Dear Conch-L members,
> > I have just tried to revise the Iphigenia samples (Fam. Donacidae)
present in
> > the collection of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, but stumbled upon
a
> > problem concerning the single species recognized as living in the
Western
> > Atlantic and Caribbean: Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818). Typical
> > specimens from Brazil have a rather broad posterior pallial sinus with a
> > blunt tip, while in specimens from the Caribbean the pallial sinus is
much
> > more slender and more pointed. There are also differences in shell form.
A
> > good figure of the latter is given in Warmke & Abbott, 1962: plt. 42,
fig. M.
> > Typical I. brasiliana is illustrated in the works by Abbott & Dance and
Rios.
> > Can any Conch-L member put a name on the Caribbean species? Many thanks
in
> > advance.
> >
> > Henk K. Mienis
> > Curator National Mollusc Collection
> > Dept. Evolution, Systematics & Ecology
> > Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> > IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
> >
> > E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] &
> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> Harry G. Lee
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> 1801 Barrs St.
> Jacksonville, FL 32204
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