His name was William Lyttleton Powis.

Henk K. Mienis

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfonso Pina" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Powys or Powis


> Hi,
>
> 1823 is a typographical error in Malakos monography, in the same work the
> correct date (1835) appears at least in two other places.
>
> About the name spelling, I'm not sure, I have found some other references
to
> Powys, but if he was the same person after who Tibia powisi, Mangelia
> powisiana and Polinices powisianus was named, then the name must be
Powis...
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alfonso Pina
> Málaga, Spain
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George P. Holm" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:40 PM
> Subject: Powys or Powis
>
>
> >   In Malakos: Monografia, 1: 17, p. 4 (2000),  for Tritonoturris
> > cumingii, the author and year is (Powis, 1823). In E. A. Kay's
> > Hawaiian Marine Shells, (1979), the species is T. cumingii (Powys,
> > 1835). Journal de Conchyliologie vol. lxxvii (1933) p. 106 gives the
> > name as Daphnella cumingi Powis, 1835.
> >   Which spelling is correct and is the year cited in Malakos an error?
> > George
>
>