Listers,

With the technical help of webmaster Bill Frank, a little chronicle
growing out of a Conch-L posting has been assembled:
<http://www.jaxshells.org/nef703a.htm> and
<http://www.jaxshells.org/nef703.htm>.

Here's the impetus:

>on Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:32 PM Kevin Czaja wrote Conch-L:
>Subject: Pyrgiscus caroliniana (Tuomey + Holmes)?!!
>
> > So I'm wondering if anyone out there can help me solve the mystery
> > of "Pyrgiscus caroliniana (Tuomey and Holmes)" or the Carolina
> > Turbonille.  This is a species presented in Richards J. Heuer, Jr.'s (now
> > out of print) "Exploring for Sea Shells on Martha's Vineyard" (1970).
> > I've used this excellent book a lot as it provides specific information on
> > where to collect and what you can expect to find.  However, I do not know
> > what his entry on "Pyrgiscus caroliniana (Tuomey and Holmes)" refers to.
> > I've joked with my friend about Mr. Heuer inventing this species as an
> > April Fools prank.  I (and no one I know) can seem to find the original
> > Tuomey and Holmes literature describing this shell (or another reference
> > in the literature to this mollusk of any kind).  Heuer does not provide a
> > date for the original Tuomey and Holmes description.  I could easily just
> > dismiss this whole issue except that this past year I ended up finding
> > some turbonilles on Martha's Vineyard that match the particular
> > description that Heuer provides (the most tell-tale factor being that they
> > are described as being "brownish in color," a characteristic that as far
> > as I can tell, is absent in all other Northwestern Atlantic turbonilles -
> > and not something I've noted in any of the many other turbonilles I've
> > found across New England).  If any one has any information that might help
> > me solve this mystery, I would greatly appreciate it!

Can Kevin or any other New England conchologist demonstrate the
presence of this species in the northeast?

Harry

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