Dear Listers,

While the first version of this account was "in press," Michel Duvet
, who has spent a good deal of time researching the Linnaeabn
mollusks,  indirectly opointed ou the fact that I had two errors in
my manuscript. This is an emended version

Here is the first of two examples of how Linnaean systematics hold up today:

Conus species named by Carolus Linnaeus in the tenth edition of
Systema Naturae (May 24, 1758) and their present nomenclatorial status:

ammiralis V
aulicus V
aurisiacus V
betulinus V
bullatus V
capitaneus V
clavus ND
ebraeus V
figulinus V
genuanus V
geographus V
glaucus V
granulatus V
imperialis V
litteratus V
magus V
marmoreus V
mercator V
miles V
minimus ND
monachus V
nobilis V
nussatella V
occidentalis S ammiralis
ordinarius S ammiralis
princeps V
rusticus ND
senator ND
spectrum V
spinosus V* [Volutidae: Volutospira TS]
stercusmuscarum V
striatus V
summus S ammiralis
terebellum V* [Strombidae: Terebellum TS; non Conus terebellum Gmelin, 1791]
textile V
tulipa V
varius V
virgo V

* not treated by Dodge (1953). V = valid (31; one volutid, one
strombid); synonym (3); ND = nomen dubium (4; all officially
suppressed; see ICZN, 1965. Opinion 753).

Harry

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