>David Campbell wrote:
>
>> The genus Triplofusus (Olsson and Harbison, 1953) is probably more
>> appropriate for this species and its close relatives than Pleuroploca.
>>
>
>David,
>
>Triplofusus?  When did this happen (admittedly I don't follow this family all
>that closely)?  That is a pretty good grenade to toss out, could you list the
>reference?  I used to hate the constant name battle, but I am beginning to
>enjoy taxonomy.  So what is going on in the Fasciolariidae?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
 
The type of Pleuroploca is trapezium (Linnaeus) from the Indo-Pacific.
Fasciolaria gigantea Kiener, 1840 is the type species of Triplofusus Olsson
and Harbisson; however, this genus has been widely overlooked.
 
A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida.
Academy of Natural Sciences Monograph number 8. 457 p., 65 pls.
 
It has been reprinted at least once, by Robert E. Krieger, Huntington, NY
 
David Campbell
 
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