Google's various search functions are quite "state of the art", and it
is probably the best search engine around these days.  One of the most
useful of these functions, however, is the ability to search for a
phrase, such as "Macron lividus".  Just put the entire phrase in
quotation marks.  "For the record", another useful gadget is the use of
the "-" sign to exclude words or phrases (as in -whatever).  By using
these two means cleverly, one can devise searches which can find pretty
well anything on the web!!

So: Try
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Macron+lividus
: the .pdf file is the most useful entry.

From the sunny spring of New Scotland,
Ross Mayhew.

          Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  I've just received a shell
>from California that is
>labelled as Macron lividus.  In trying to locate an author and date for
>this species, I've been
>having trouble finding references to this name.  Is this name still in
>current use?  If not, what
is the new name?

The species has been transferred to Pseudolividae by Geerat Vermeij.
So it cohabits the family with Pseudoliva, Sylvanocochlis & a few
other Recent genera (among which Melapium ain't).
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<[log in to unmask]>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Macron+lividus

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