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Von:    Kim C. Hutsell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Gesendet am:    Freitag, 18. Dezember 1998 20:53
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Betreff:        Sassia
 
Fellow shellers,
 
Just curious...
Does anyone out there have a plausible explanation of why the genus
Sassia is placed in Ranellidae rather than Bursidae?
 
Kim Hutsell
San Diego
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For an exact answer look in
Allan G. BEU, "Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae 
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) - A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna 
and revisions of related taxa" - Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 19
Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Tome 178, Paris, 1998.
Regards
[]  Gert Lindner