> I've just received a shell
>from California that is
>labelled as Macron lividus. In trying to locate an author and date for
>this species, I've been
>having trouble finding references to this name. Is this name still in
>current use? If not, what
is the new name?
The species has been transferred to Pseudolividae by Geerat Vermeij.
So it cohabits the family with Pseudoliva, Sylvanocochlis & a few
other Recent genera (among which Melapium ain't).
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
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