Harry,

Now, that I have visited the Carnegie Museum,I can answer this question.
In Weisbord's works in the Bulletins of American Paleontology he has lists
of gastropods and bivalves. He gives the geological range for the taxa
listed. I added up the ones listed as having 'Recent' in their ranges.


> Dear Charlie,
>
> How did you find out that "95 of the 288 forms are Recent?"
>
> Harry
>
>
> On 12/27/2011 7:02 AM, Charles Sturm wrote:
>> Sorry, read to fast, don't have reference to the Gibson-Smith work.
>>
>>
>>> I suspect that the volume is:
>>>
>>> Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods
>>> from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American
>>> Paleontology 42: 7-672, pls. 1-48. [95 of the 288
>>> gastropods discussed are Recent].
>>>
>>> Would start here to see if Fasciolaria hollisteri is described in this
>>> volume.
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have the full reference for this publication?  It
>>>> apparently
>>>> was the first reference to Fasciolaria hollisteri Weisbord, 1962 as a
>>>> living species...Thanks, Allen [log in to unmask] Island,
>>>> NY
>>>>
>
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Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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