Dear Ross & Paul,

The article you need to understand the confusion between Conus cancellatus
Hwass in Brugiere, 1792  (the white Caribbean species often called C.
austini or C. atractus austini) and Conus pagodus Kiener, 1845 (the white
Indo-Pacific species often called C. cancellatus) is titled:
"Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792: A Species From The W. Atlantic" by Dieter
Röckel and Danker Vink.  It is in Hawaiian Shell News, Vol. XXX, No. 2,
February 1982 (New Series 266), p. 5.  I don't have the time right now to
type in the whole article.  The bottom line is that Lovell Reeve made a
mistake in the mid-nineteenth century and subsequent authors followed his
lead.  Walls did not discover the error, so it got re-enforced in the most
recent complete monograph of the family.

Warm regards,

Bill

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 10:33 PM
Subject: Conus cancellatus question


> Is there a Conus cancellata or cancellatus (author unknown to me) that is
> synonymous with austini Rehder & Abbott, in the Carribean? I run across
this
> name every few years, for a Carribean shell.
>
> -Ross.
>