Dear Bill and others,

American Museum of Natural History publications are available on-line at
<http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/>.

The Emerson and Old paper can be found at
<http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/4423>


> Andrew,
>
> In Henning & Hemmen (1993) the authors treat Lotoria as a subgenus of
> Cymatium.  On page 55 they say "The subgenus Lotoria differs from Cymatium
> s.str. by the rounded, not flattened and expanded varices and the form of
> the anterior channel."
>
> There may be more information in the paper by Emerson & Old (1963) where
> they describe Lotoria as a new subgenus, but I do not have this paper.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Bill Fenzan
> Norfolk, Virginia, USA
>
> References:
>
> Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae & Personidae of the World.
> Verlag
> Crista Hemmen, Wiesbaden. pp. 263.
>
> Emerson, W. K. & Old, W.  E. Jr.  A new subgenus and species of Cymatium
> (Mollusca: Gastropoda).  American Museum Noviates, 2137: 1-13, 6 figs.
>
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> From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] R: Re: [CONCH-L] Identify Please - Lotoria
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>
>>> Lotoria grandimaculata
>>
>> If you look at specimens of Lotoria, you can see that their characters
>> are precisely those of Cymatium ss. It would appear that Lotoria is a
>> synonym.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin, New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
>>
>
>>
>
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Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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