My opinion backed by absolutely no malacological expertise is Where do Tursch and Greifeneder place the kitchen sink? Everything else seems to be under miniacea or fulgurator. The Petuch rebound effect. After all the splitting a lump seems to be more aesthetically pleasing.
Gary


--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Winston Barney <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Winston Barney <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Oliva pattersoni
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 10:20 AM
> Jim,
>
> Tursch & Greifeneder call this a local variety of O.
> fulgurator.
>
> Petuch called it O. bifasciata bollingi color form
> pattersoni.
>
> Sterba (2004) simply opines that pattersoni is another name
> for O.
> bifasciata.
>
> No matter what you call it someone will disagree, but my
> choice is O.
> fulgurator (because its placement there involves more than
> meets the eye)
>
> Winston Barney
> Fort Worth, TX
>
> <><><>
> I'm going through
> all the shells I collected during the great calico scallop
> season we
> had in 1998-99 and found the three dark brown olives that
> had come up
> the conveyor belt. I was told this was Oliva pattersoni,
> but later
> told it was just a form of O. fulgurator.
> Jim
>
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