Timothy,
A question like this has really been touched on several times in the past .
Such questions arise very often. For example, one can ask whether it is
correct to mention Cypraea tigris schilderiana and Cypraea argus
contrastriata from Vietnam; why one mentions Luria pulchra sinaiensis from
the Gulf of Aqaba as a form and not as a subspecies; which criteria and
definitions people use (if they use any) when they decide how to treat
taxonomically mollusc populations ?
I tempted this forum into discussing all these practical questions and your
message is an additional evidence that such a discussion may be useful.
Sincerely
Eduard Heiman
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From: "Timothy Blackwood" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:38 AM
Subject: Muracypraea mus question. : )
> Hello,
>
> I'm working to familiarize myself with the differences between the
> different subspecies/forms
> of Muracypraea mus. So far, I'm pretty comfortable with the following:
>
> Cypraea (Muracypraea) mus f. bicornis (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1870)
> Cypraea (Muracypraea) mus donmoorei (Petuch, E.J., 1979)
> Cypraea (Muracypraea) mus mus (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
> Cypraea (Muracypraea) mus f. tristensis Petuch, E.J., 1987
> Cypraea (Muracypraea) mus f. tuberculata (Gray, J.E., 1828)
>
> I know this has probably been touched on before, but I'd really appreciate
> it if you could supply
> a thumbnail sketch of the diagnostic features of the above
> subspecies/forms. In particular, I've
> been unable to locate anything specific on the form tuberculata. Any help
> you can provide will be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance and I'll look forward to
> hearing from you soon. :)
>
> Sincerely,
> Tim Blackwood
>
>
>
>
>
> Timothy J. Blackwood
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