Dear George,

thank you best for information. Who is the author of
Adamsiella grayana and to which family belongs it.
The radula is looking like a Pomatias and so I am
not sure if it should be a Cistula radula.
It has the shape like Pomatias elegans and it is
far away in comparison to Annulariidae or
Chondropomatidae.
Any idea more.
thanks and with best shelling greetings
Helmut

--- George Watters
<[log in to unmask]> schrieb: > There
are two pallida. Pfeiffer named a Cyclostoma
> pallida, but no one
> knows what it represents. Pfeiffer stated that
> Morelet had collected the
> specimen in Cuba, but later Morelet said he didn't
> (but he never said where
> he DID get it). I did not find any types of this
> species at the British
> Museum, so it was probably destroyed in the Dohrn
> collection during WWII.
>
> However, Gloyne named a variety of Adamsiella
> grayana as pallida, from
> Jamaica, and it has occasionally been placed in
> Cistula. This may be what
> you have.
>
> Pfeiffer also named Cyclostoma radula, but from
> Cuba. However, Torre &
> Bartsch do not mention it in their monograph of the
> family in Cuba. But
> Arango and Poey mention it many times in their
> writings from there. It was
> never illustrated and no types have been found, so
> we don't know what it
> really is. It was indeed placed in Cistula, though
> where it would be today
> is unknown. Anyway, there is no annulariid called
> radula from Jamaica.
>
> That should clear things up!
>
> At 11:19 AM 6/26/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> >Dear George
> >
> >The name of the Cistula species in the museums
> >collection from the old Biasioli collection before
> >1900 are pallida and radula. I eventually want to
> >know the right genus and author and family.
> >Could I have more informations of these two species
> >thank you best in advance and with best shelling
> >greetings.
> >Helmut from Innsbruck
>
> G. Thomas Watters, PhD
> Curator of Molluscs
> Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal
> Biology
> Museum of Biological Diversity
> The Ohio State University
> 1315 Kinnear Road
> Columbus, OH 43212
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