Dear Steve:

You didn't read far enough on Malacolog. It is stated there that it was a
nude name in Linsley (1845: 276 and that Gould (1848: 233) used the name in
synonymy.  As it was first a nude name, Gould's use in synonymy did not make
the name available as of either Linsley or Gould.

Malacolog is one of the few data bases that gives you this type of data that
is needed to "puzzle out" a name.

Regards,

dick

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From: "Steve Rosenthal" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:54 PM
Subject: [CONCH-L] correct author for Pitar morrhuanus


> Can one of the taxonomy experts  tell me who is the correct author for the
> above species, I always thought it was Linsley, 1848 (whoever he was) but
> I have been noticing some sites like Malacolog are using Dall, 1902.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
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