Hi Art,
I also have a shell labeled Volva sowerbyana Weinkauf, 1881. It was labeled
such when I got it from an importer/gift shop here in Vancouver. It looks
similar to Phenacovolva brevirostris, but is shorter for it's width
and tan colored rather than pink (may be faded?). It has
the pinkish tips and the central stripe, just as brevirostris.
Collector's Encyclopdeia of Shells (S.Peter Dance, 1974) has it on P.99.

>Dear all;-
>        I am going over a couple of collections for friends both living and
>dead, a task for which I am totally unsuited. But in Cincinnati, you
>takes what you can gets.
>        There is this shell labled:Phenacovolva sowerbyana Weinkauf, 1881. I do
>not find it listed in either Rice or Poppe & Sender. My immediate
>thought is that the name is a discarded synonym.
>        Anybody know fer sure?
>        Thanks in advance.
>        Art
>
>
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