George, Alfonso, and Conch-L'ers,

The names Powis and Powys are associated with Powis Castle, Powys County
(formerly Breconshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire), Principality of
Wales, U.K.  There is a long Powys family lineage from this Welch region.

The name spelling should be Powys [as in Nassarius festivus (Powys, 1835),
Nassarius concinnus (Powys, 1835), Nassarius dentifer (Powys, 1835),
Tritonoturris cumingii (Powys, 1835), etc.]

Someplace I read that the species names such as Tibia powisi and others may
have honored Thomas Littleton Powys, and ornithologist in the mid-1800's (
http://www.hamal.demon.co.uk/lilford.htm ).  But I do not think T.L. Powys
is the same person who described these species (Powys, 1835) since T.L. was
born in 1833.  He would have been 2 years old at the time.  Not likely!
Lord William Lyttleton (Littleton) Powys may be the person associated with
the nomenclature.

Ultimately, I'm not sure if the spelling Powys and Powis represent regional
spellings.  Can anyone add to this information?

Rich
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Original Message:
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From: Alfonso Pina [log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:40:42 +0200
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Powys or Powis


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]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
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

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