Thanks to all for the help.
First thing I seen was the mis-spelling on the data slip.
Harry these were some other shells I got in the box with the
Parahyotissa rosea from back in the 60's. I have compaired the so called T.interrupta
with T.listeri many times and find no difference except,the smaller
ones have more and deeper color than the larger ones.
Jr.



---- Harry Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Carole, Steve, and Jr.,
>
> T. mexicana has a lesser H/W ratio than its
> sibling, e.g.,
> <http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=tellina+listeri+aquarium+company&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=5F0AE08CEFF56EE5C1E7ACCE19C0F4C5CDEBA0DF&selectedIndex=0>.
>
> Markus Huber will not publish the tellinid (and
> other families) final edition until ~2015, but it
> appears that Tellinella mexicana (Petit de la
> Saussaye, 1841) may be the Caribbean, and T.
> listeri (Röding, 1798) the Carolinian element, of
> a species tandem, but the zoogeography may not be
> "just so," e.g., <http://www.jaxshells.org/tlist.htm>.
>
> I presume Markus will synonymize Tellina
> interrupta W. Wood, 1815 and T. maculosa Lamarck,
> 1818 with T. listeri Röding, 1798. I'm not up on T. antonii Philippi, 1844.
>
> Linguistic paradox notwithstanding, it seems to
> me that material collected in the Gulf of Mexico
> will more likely belong to T. listeri than T. mexicana.
>
> Does that sound right, Jr.?
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 09:21 AM 4/29/2013, you wrote:
> >The only thing I would say differently is that
> >Marcus Huber, in personal conversation said
> >Tellina mexicana has been taken out of synonymy.
> >It would help to check your specimens.. In a
> >personal conversation with him, he said the
> >photo in Harry Lee's book is listeri, while the
> >photo in Mikkelsen & Bieler's S. Florida
> >Bivalves book is mexicana. I guess it all goes
> >back to are you a lumper or splitter. I do not
> >know if any DNA studies have been done on these
> >two or not. Peggy Williams sold me a T. Mexicana
> >at the last Jamboree. There isn't much
> >difference. Maybe a Tellina expert can shed more light on this subject.
> >  Carole
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ammie Powers Jr <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: CONCH-L <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 8:20 am
> >Subject: [CONCH-L] Tellina help
> >
> >
> >I have 4 shells listed as Tellina interrupla,Gulf of Mexico.
> >They range from 23.2 to 32.7mm.
> >I can find no record of this name. They look somewhat like
> >Tellina listeri.
> >Can anyone shed some light on these shells or the name?
> >Thanks for any help.
> >A.Powers Jr
> >
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