Charlie, Mary, & Kev:
See: Bieler, R. & Petit, R.E. 1990. On the various editions of
Tetsuaki Kira's "Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan" and "Shells
of the western Pacific in color Vol. 1," with an annotated list of new names
introduced. Malacologia 32(1):131-145. This useful paper may help solve the
confusion. Good luck.
Aloha,
Lindsey T. Groves
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