Hello Gang
I have a non-Conch-L person in our club requesting some help.
Please copy any posting to the list directly to her as well.
Thanks, Leslie

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Subject: two different shells or two names for same species??

HI there.
I had purchased a white version of a murex at the shell show,
that looks exactly like some others I have
, and they also have data slips inside,
I looked at all the slips and found I have several different names here:

One group of data slips says Chicoreus cichoreum, (Gmelin, 1791),

and another says Chicoreus cichoreum endivic Lamarck, 1883 ..?
I think the year is correct (hand written).

I looked them up on the internet and found pictures and another name,
Hexaplex cichoreum (Dunker, 1869).

So that is 3 different names and authors.  Which is correct?
Thanks for any sources you can point me to.

Rusti Stover
Word Merchant
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