Betharca: not found

zebra: sorry, I need a better Dictionary, now!

Lithophaga cruta: not found, no idea.

Spondylus: add two votes for 'varius', one for 'varians', one 1827, one
1829, one 1838! Not much help, I guess.

Isognomon acutirostris R. W. Dunker, 1848

Corbicula papyracea P. M. Heude, 1883

Cardiolucina semperiana: I have 1869

Nucula sulcata: I have Bronn, 1831

Parvicardium exiguum J. F. Gmelin, 1791

Sinezona confusa Rolán & Luque 1994

Varicorbula dissimilis: not found

Venerupis rhomboideus: I found a lot of them, but always related to
fisheries and legal issues (of course, author and date are never cited) so
it is likely to be a mistake.

Hope it helps, best regards,

Alfonso Pina
Málaga, Spain
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: More taxa for nomenclatural help


> GenBank listings seem prone to typos.  Several new sequences are out,
including the following taxa about which I have questions:
> Betharca sp.: any plausible option besides an error for Bentharca?  The
locality suggests deep water.
>
> In Latin, is zebra a noun or otherwise invariant? Sherborn lists zebrum
and zebrus with sic.
>
> Lithophaga cruta: Presumably a typo for curta.  Several references cite
curta (Lischke, 1874), but Kleeman 1990 cited it as Lischke, 1874 non
Stoliczka, 1871.  Is curta of the modern Japanese fauna a junior homonym
(possibly secondary?)
>
> Spondylus varius or varians Sowerby I, 1827 or 1829: 2 votes for varius, 3
for varians, one for 1827, three for 1829, Sherborn lists neither
>
> Isognomon acutirostris author, date? Japan, living
>
> Corbicula papyracea author, date?
>
> Cardiolucina semperiana (Issel, 1871 or 1869)?
>
> Nucula sulcata author, date (I have found about four primary homonyms, but
do not know if there is a prior homonym)
>
> Parvicardium exiguum author, date?
>
> Sinezona confusa author, date?
>
> Varicorbula dissimilis author, date?
>
> Venerupis rhomboideus author, date? is this an error for V. rhomboides
(Pennant, 1777)?
>
> Thanks again!
>
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