I agree with Ken. Papuina was a catch-all genus, until Clench and Turner
got into them. Actually, I guess Iredale, and perhaps Rensch, erected most
of the strange sounding generic names. I will honor Clench's contributions
until someone does some decent anatomical studies to prove otherwise.
Kurt
At 04:44 AM 4/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I still have my snail listed as Papustyla pulcherrima rather
>than Papuina...partly because I like the sound of it better,
>and partly because I've heard no reason to change it.
>What is the current idea as far as generic name for that species?
>Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
>
>
>
>
>>Andrew Vik
>>Tampa, FL., USA
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>>James:
>>
>>Sorry for missing your second request on my first reply.
>>It is Papuina pulcherrima Rensch, 1931.
>>
>>James M Cheshire wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all, I need a bit of help. How do you correctly spell the rosy wolf
>>> snails latin name,
>>> Euglandia rosea or Euglandina rosea? Oh, yes, I need the author and date
>>> published for it
>>> too, I am making a tag. Oh, and one more thing, what is the author and
>>> date published for
>>> Papuina pulcherrima?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James
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>>Andrew Vik
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>><P>James:
>><P>Sorry for missing your second request on my first reply.
>><BR>It is <B><I>Papuina pulcherrima </I></B>Rensch, 1931.
>><P>James M Cheshire wrote:
>><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Dear all, I need a bit of help. How do you correctly
>>spell the rosy wolf
>><BR>snails latin name,
>><BR>Euglandia rosea or Euglandina rosea? Oh, yes, I need the author and
>>date
>><BR>published for it
>><BR>too, I am making a tag. Oh, and one more thing, what is the author
>>and
>><BR>date published for
>><BR>Papuina pulcherrima?
>><P>Thanks,
>><BR>James
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>Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
>Collector of worldwide Mollusca
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