Dear Dick,

thanks very much for your help. I had checked the figure of the holotype
of Hadroocorys tosaensis (Habe and Azuma, 1959)* before posting my
request. The specimen figured by the Toba Aquarium does not match that
holotype.
Alan Beu lists O. japonica as a nomen nudum by Azuma 1960** and mentions
that Matsumoto*** has figured O. japonica in the Toba catalogue. What is
puzzling me is that the aquarium is claiming to have an image of the
/type specimen/ of O. japonica. Or is my translation of "模式標本"
incorrect?
If my understanding is correct, I would expect to see that shell listed
in one of the two catalogues of Kuroda's types. I am probably asking too
much, but is there an index of the types by the type ID? The speicmen
imaged on the website of the Toba Aquarium displays markings saying
"709a 120fms".
Since you mention the types of the Toba Aquarium specifically, where
would an author publish his description if the type is deposited in that
aquarium? Is there some sort of journal published by them?

I know that ideally I would ask all these questions to the staff of the
Toba Aquarium, but unfortunately nobody from there replied to my emails...

Thanks again and best regards,
Tilo


* T. Habe and M. Azuma 1959. — A new Oocorys from Japan, The Nautilus,
72(4), p.116 + pl. 12.
** M. Azuma 1960. — A catalogue of the shell-bearing Mollusca of
Okinoshima, Kashiwajima and the adjacent area (Tosa Province), Shikoku,
Japan. Tosa
Bay Molluscan Literature Publishing Committee, Osaka, 102 + 17 p, 5 pls
[in Japanese].
*** T. Matsumoto 1979. — A catalogue of the molluscan shells of Mie
Prefecture. Toba Aquarium, Toba, 179 p. [in Japanese] .

Richard Petit wrote:
> Dear Dr. Eggeling:
> Supplementing my last message, I have found the source of this name.
> It was listed in a rare 1973 work by Shun'ichi Higo with no reference.
> This was a catalogue of the molluscan fauna of the Japanese Islands
> and contains a number of nude names. This name is not even in the index.
> In 1993 "A Systematic List of Molluscan Shells from the Japanese Ids.
> and the Adjacent Area" was published by Shun'icho Higo & Yoshihiro
> Poppe. It incorporated the earlier list as well as new material. In
> this work /Oocorys japonica/ is again listed, but is shown as MS.,
> denoting that it is an unpublished manuscript name. There is nothing
> in either of these works that would validate the name and make it
> available.
> In short, there is no /Oocorys japonica/ Kuroda & Teramachi.
> Regards,
> dick p.
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