Great Find, Charlie!

Harry


At 12:24 AM 8/17/2009, you wrote:
>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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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 4:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] R: Re: [CONCH-L] Identify Please - Lotoria
> >
> >
> >>> 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
>.................................................
>Charlie Sturm
>Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
>Carnegie Museum of Natural History
>Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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