Richard Salisbury is not a member of CONCH-L but has been part of the 
recent discussion about V. moniliferum. He has written or co-authored 
many articles and papers about mitriforms and has been my mitriform guru 
for decades. I find his knowledge of mitriforms and visual memory to be 
phenomenal. He has asked me to forward the following to CONCH-L :


I have attached images of the holotype of Pusia epiphanea Rehder, 1943. 
Images I took and recent images from USNM website.

I have never seen a specimen of this species from Florida. Specimens identified as that species from Florida are dark brown to light
brown in color not matching the holotype color at all.
       I did find 3 specimens of a Vexillum similar to the holotype of Pusia epiphanea Rehder, 1943. I wondered if any of the collectors
have seen similar specimens from Bermuda?

Sincerely Yours, Richard Salisbury


I have uploaded his images to my Dropbox at

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y1s7u7huasubik7/AACGX941AQyJ9JWWKqGIh0W0a?dl=0

John

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