Andrew Vik
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Paul:

Thank you very much. If you and your co-authors think it's a separate genus,
that's good enough for me. I'll have to purchase your new book soon.

Andrew V.

Paul Callomon wrote:

> > I have a question about the family Trochidae.
> > Is the genus GINEBIS Taki & Otuka, 1942, considered as valid at present?
> >
> > Or is it considered to be a synonym of BATHYBEMBIX Crosse, 1893?
> > I have seen it listed as both, but I have no reference later than 1990.
>
> If by 'valid' you mean taxonomically available, then yes it is; if you mean
> 'should I use it as a genus, or synonymise it with Bathybembix' then that's
> up to you.
> In taxonomical terms it was validly proposed, with Trochus argenteonitens
> Lischke, 1872 as the type species. We (Higo, Callomon and Goto, 1999) treat
> it as a separate genus from Bathybembix, as did Sakurai (1983) and Shikama
> (1962), but you'll have to read the original article and make up your own
> mind.