Dear Andy, Jose, and Tom:

"It certainly approaches very near to V[enus] cancellata, but it is
distinguished by being much less obtuse before, and by having the
longitudinal striae more numerous."
(Say, 1822 on his Venus elevata).

That, too, is impressive!

Harry

P.S.
I must admit, Say wasn't quite as resolute as I made it appear above.
Conrad, who edited volume VII of Say's American Conchology, published a
note (obtained posthumously from Say's widow) indicating that subsequent to
the publication above, the late author believed the two taxa were synonyms.
The actual date of publication of this latter work is not 1830 (Abbott,
1974) nor 1834 (Turgeon, Quinn, et al., 1998); see Wheeler (1935), who
believes it was 1838.  [References on request]

Harry


At 01:41 PM 10/30/00 -0600, you wrote:
>José,
>
>As Darth Vader once said in a somewhat different context, 'Impressive! Most
>impressive!'
>
>Thanks!
>Andrew
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama

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