Hi,

1823 is a typographical error in Malakos monography, in the same work the
correct date (1835) appears at least in two other places.

About the name spelling, I'm not sure, I have found some other references to
Powys, but if he was the same person after who Tibia powisi, Mangelia
powisiana and Polinices powisianus was named, then the name must be Powis...

Hope this helps.

Alfonso Pina
Málaga, Spain
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George P. Holm" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: Powys or Powis


>   In Malakos: Monografia, 1: 17, p. 4 (2000),  for Tritonoturris
> cumingii, the author and year is (Powis, 1823). In E. A. Kay's
> Hawaiian Marine Shells, (1979), the species is T. cumingii (Powys,
> 1835). Journal de Conchyliologie vol. lxxvii (1933) p. 106 gives the
> name as Daphnella cumingi Powis, 1835.
>   Which spelling is correct and is the year cited in Malakos an error?
> George