Aha! Change not the name: Palmarosa. That's what we know it as. "rosaria" sounds more like a bar in Tiajuana.
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> From: John Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/04/11 Sun PM 02:55:46 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: More nitpicking
>
> The latest issue of American Conchologist has a review of a paper by
> Richard Petit entitled “George Perry’s molluscan taxa and notes on the
> editions of his Conchology of 1811”.
> Thank you, Tom Eichhorst, for the review and for the URL where the entire
> paper is available for free download.
>
> I was fascinated by the convoluted history of molluscan taxonomy, and the
> story of politics, infighting, and dirty tricks among our revered authors.
> It points out the need for continual refining of our printed “facts” and
> beliefs.
>
> To someone interested in muricid nomenclature, there are two items that
> stand out:
> a) the need to change Chicoreus palmarosae to rosaria, and
> b) under the discussion of Triplex pinnata, Petit indicates “Not Murex
> pinnatus Swainson, 1822 which is a synonym of Pterynotus alatus (Röding,
> 1798).” Now, I think that implies that Petit considers alatus to be the
> correct species name. However, I have been following Springsteen &
> Leobrera, 1986 who assert on page 153 that that name was rejected (even
> though erroneously) and the correct name is pinnatus.
>
> Any knowledgeable arbiters out there?
>
>   John Wolff
>
> Lancaster, PA -- USA
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