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Date: | Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:57:13 -0400 |
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>Martin E. Tremor, Jr. wrote:
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>> At the COA bourse I purchased a shell labeled Conus scalaris. The tag gives
>> Valenciennes, 1832 as the author and Guaymas, Mexico as location. I can find
>> nothing in any of my books about this shell. Is it common? uncommon? Is
this
>> a vallid species. Any hope would be appreciated.
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Keen (1971) lists it as a good species, with C. dispar as a possible
synonym. She does however note that some authors do not consider C. scalaris
a separate species from the "C. regularis complex."
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