Harry,
Thanks for the post.

If "syntopic" means "populations ...that ... are observable in close
proximity and could thus interbreed." then what is the definition
of "sympatric"? I guess I should get a copy of Tursch & read it.

Aydin


On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:10:44 -0500, Harry G. Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

...
>
>It seems, at least in these Oliva spp., that the term "syntopic" should
>replace "sympatric," e. g. "Hansa Bay, sand, 8 m," in defining
morphospecies.
>
>Harry
>
>Literature cited:
>Lincoln, R. J., G. A. Boxshall, and P. F. Clark, 1982. A dictionary of
>ecology, evolution and systematics. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.
K.
>298 pp.
>Tursch, B., 1995.  The scale of sympatry in the genus Oliva (Gastropoda,
>Olividae). Apex 9(4): 131-142. Dec.
>
>

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