Not S. d. raybaidii; this is a junior subjective synonym of S. persicus.
Gijs
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> Van: G Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: Re: viruses + De Lesseps
> Datum: vrijdag 24 december 1999 15:04
>
> >Dear Tom,
> >
> >The Mediterranean species of Strombus is not probably not S. decorus,
but
> >S. persicus. (S. persicus is no longer considered a subspecies of S.
> >decorus).
> >
> >Gijs
> >
> >
>
> Or Strombus decorus raybaudii. I believe this was described as the
> Lessepsian subspecies of decorus. I have a specimen from Turkey.
>
> G. Thomas Watters
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> Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
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