> Can anyone ID the difference between Melongena corona from Tampa vs Keys.
> Please Email me at  [log in to unmask]  and I'll email a photo.


Have a comparo some time between "Melongena"corona and the type
species of Volema, V. myristica. They are plainly congeneric. I think
that Melongena is an outright synonym.

In case anyone is interested, some probable subgenera (at best) of Volema are:
Saginafusus
Hemifusus
Pugilina (if it's not a syn of Hemifusus)
Cyrtulus

Compare the spire whorls and operc... probably needs molecular/anatomical work.

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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut

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