I do not have the full ruling in front of me and I doubt whether it is
somewhere available in Israel. However, as fas as I know the valid generic
name for this type of Bubble shells reads Haminoea Turton & Kingston, 1830;
Haminaea Leach, 1847 and Haminea Leach in Gray, 1847 are either junior
synonyms or incorrect spellings of Haminoea.
Next Sunday I can check which spelling Leach used and more important: when
did he use it for the first time: 1820 according to Lindner (1999) or 1847
according to most other reference books..
Henk


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hölling" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:08 PM
Subject: AW: Atyidae/Haminoeidae


> Dear Henk,
> in Gert Lindner's book I found the following statements: (translated from
> German) Family Haminaeidae Pilsbry 1895 (for the spelling see ICZN, case
> 2588) Haminoeidae [after Haminoea Turton & Kingston 1830; Haminaeidae
[after
> Haminaea J. E. Gray 1847 ex Leach manuscript = nomen nullum]; Atyidae
Thiele
> 1925 [now Atydidae - nomen validatum ICZN, Opin. 1553]
> ... Genera: Haminaea Leach 1820; ...
> has something changed since my latest edition of the Lindner book appeared
> in 1999?
>
> >The family name Atyidae in Mollusca dates back to Thiele, 1926 (some
> authors refer this work to >1925, but that is not so important). It
included
> among others the genera Atys and Haminoea(often incorrectly spelled as
> Haminaea).
> >In fact the name Atyidae was not necessary at all because Pilsbry had
> created in 1895 already the subfamily Haminaeinae (sic!), which becomes
> automatically Haminoeidae when raised to family level (note the correct
> spelling).
>
> >Moreover Atyidae existed already in the Crustacea: Atyidae Dana, 1852,
> which name has also been >placed on the official list of family names by
the
> ICZN.
>
> >This means: Forget the name Atyidae in mollusca and replace it by
> Haminoeidae.
>
> >Best regards,
>
> >Henk K. Mienis
>
> >[log in to unmask]
>
> Greetings from Germany
> Michael
>
>