Is it a certainty that the Mediterranean Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) and its Caribbean counterpart are conspecific?
Is Smaragdia viridis viridemaris Maury, 1917 then an acceptable name for the Caribbean item?
David Kirsh
Durham, NC
"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense." - Mark Twain
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