Dear Aurel, Welcome to CONCH-L. I hope you enjoy our company. Since you collect mostly Mediteranean shells, I wonder if you can provide any information about the naming of Mediteranean Conus. Appreciate your thoughts. Sincerely Bruce Livett The European Register of Marine Species, Genus Conus http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/lists/full/Mollusca.shtml#genus-Conus lists only two (2) species: Conus mediteranneus http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?R17091 and Conus vayssierei http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?R17089 whereas the Unitas Malacologica CLEMAM Checklist of European Marine Mollusca http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?*Conus lists four (4) species. Conus fumigatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (R28033) http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?R28033 Conus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (R17091) http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?R17091 Conus papilionaceus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (R27983) http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?R27983 and Conus vayssierei Pallary, 1906 (R17089) http://www.mnhn.fr/cgi-bin/mamlist?R17089 Why the difference ? Anyone know ? View replies to this message at http://messages.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/coneshells/bbs?action=l&board=&tid=con eshells&sid=1600062281&mid=3&start= ================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "User" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 12:05 AM Subject: Aurel > Hi all, > > My name is Aurel and I am new to the list. > My collecting fields > landshells > freshwatershells > Mediterranean sea shells > More later > sincerly > Aurel >
