I was able to answer you to 3 species. see below
with best regards
Sieglinde


--- bivalve <[log in to unmask]>
schrieb: > GenBank listings seem prone to typos.
Several new
> sequences are out, including the following taxa
> about which I have questions:
> Betharca sp.: any plausible option besides an error
> for Bentharca?  The locality suggests deep water.
>
> In Latin, is zebra a noun or otherwise invariant?
> Sherborn lists zebrum and zebrus with sic.
>
> Lithophaga cruta: Presumably a typo for curta.
> Several references cite curta (Lischke, 1874), but
> Kleeman 1990 cited it as Lischke, 1874 non
> Stoliczka, 1871.  Is curta of the modern Japanese
> fauna a junior homonym (possibly secondary?)
>
> Spondylus varius or varians Sowerby I, 1827 or 1829:
> 2 votes for varius, 3 for varians, one for 1827,
> three for 1829, Sherborn lists neither
>
> Isognomon acutirostris author, date? Japan, living
>
> Corbicula papyracea author, date?
>
> Cardiolucina semperiana (Issel, 1871 or 1869)?
>
> Nucula sulcata author, date (I have found about four
> primary homonyms, but do not know if there is a
> prior homonym)
> author of Nucula sulcata, a mediterranean species,
> Bronn, 1831
>
> Parvicardium exiguum author, date?, mediterranean
> species
> (Gmelin, 1791)
>
> Sinezona confusa author, date?
>
> Varicorbula dissimilis author, date?
>
> Venerupis rhomboideus author, date? is this an error
> for V. rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)?
> in Europe also kept under genus Paphia
> (Pennant, 1777) is ok

> Thanks again!
>
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