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Re: Conchs and Triplofusus?... Turbinella scolyma
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Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 19:06:29 +1300
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>  > In the Bahamas a Horse Conch is Turbinella angulata (also called Pepper
>>  Conch).
>
>No, that's the T. scolymus, Gmelin, 1791

Nope. T. scolyma (Gmelin 1791) is a junior synonym of T. angulata
(Solander in Lightfoot 1786). More synonyms: hoerli Vokes 1966,
magdalenensis Weisbord 1929, scolymoides Dall 1890 and ?scopula
Olsson 1922.

>You really don't know exactly what a Florida horse conch is?

Sure... it's a Turbinella transplanted!
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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