Dear Henk (and others),
Thank you for the reply.
I should have mentioned that we had looked at that solution already, so
excuse me for putting you on a track we already explored. I'll try to be
more extensive : the name "Acropsis" is treated as a genus(?) in the
superfamily Cypraeacea (sic) which in itself is not a correct spelling. The
reference is following :
Taylor, JD (1971) Intertidal zonation at Aldabra Atol. - Phil. Trns. Roy.
Soc. Lond. series B, 260, p. 173-213
Now if anybody knows this article and/or the subject(s) it treats, could we
have information on what the author meant with "Acropsis", if it would be a
misspelling or a first-published name (omitted in Vaught's classification?).
I think there must be some other trace of this somewhere because the journal
I'm referring to would have enough standards as to omit any typo's or at
least correct them afterwards?
My personal guess would be "Eratopsis" misspelled as "Acropsis", but then
again this would be quite a fluke...
Thanks for any input and help!
Jan
Henk and Zvia Mienis wrote:
> Please check the spelling whether it is Acropsis or Arcopsis?
> If it is Arcopsis, then the author should be von Koenen, 1885.
> For its use see: Bowden & Heppell, 1966. Journal of Conchology,
> 26: 99-124.
> Best regards, Henk K. Mienis.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jan Haspeslagh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 11:12 AM
> Subject: Acropsis?
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > My colleague here at the marine institute found the bivalve genus
> > "Acropsis" in literature, but no references to author neither to where
> > it should be classified in the mollusc taxonomy (if it is even a valid
> > genus!).
> >
> > Can anybody of the specialist guys help us on this one ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jan
> >
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> > Jan Haspeslagh
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> >
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Jan Haspeslagh
bibliothecaris/librarian VLIZ
email : [log in to unmask]
VLIZ
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee vzw
Flanders Marine Institute
Victorialaan 3 - B-8400 Oostende, Belgium
Tel. +32-(0)59-34 21 30
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