Not bored at all. Thanks. Received the reprints in fine condition. Thanks, again.
Marlo
Flroida
Maurizio Perini wrote:
> Sturday April 10, 1999 11:55 PM
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Even though I don't see many Oliva enthusiasts on
> CONCH-L I would like to narrate something about
> one of these wonderful shells.
>
> The best way to identify a shell would be to compare
> it with the holotype and - or the original description
> made by its Author. But this correct procedure is rarely
> possible with the species named throughout the last
> Century. The holotype often does not exist and in its
> place sometime there is a not clear drawing. On the
> other hand the descriptions are only brief notes
> usually not sufficient to identify surely a species.