Andrew and Harry etc.

I think that Harry and I agree that martinianum is a seperate species,
but I think aquatile is not the same as pileare.  The aquatile that I
have seen from off Miami and the Florida Keys is usually small, but
quite adult and is also wider than pileare and colored more like
martinianum.  Or am I thinking of rubeculum occidentale Clench and
Turner that was found off of Hollywood Fl.  Now I think I'm confusing
myself.  I don't think I have a picture of the animal.

Kay Lavalier wrote:
>
> Andrew Vik
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>
> Harry:
>
> I dropped the ball on my Cymatium info. I actually had my specimens
> from Hawaii divided into C. pileare and C. aquatile ( as well as C.
> nicobaricum  and
> C. gemmatum, which cannot be confused with the
> pileare-aquatile-martinianum complex). Alison Kay's book made the
> distinction between to two quite clear. Now, I have been calling my
> Caribbean specimens C. pileare martinium without much careful thought.
> I was not even aware that C. aquatile was present in the W.Atlantic. I
> will have to re-examine my S.FL. specimens. Does C. aquatile live in
> the Fl. Keys also, or just the S.Caribbean?
>
> Andrew
>
> Harry G. Lee wrote:
>
> > Dear Bob, Betty, et al.,
> >
> > Your observation is a valuable one and appears to be on the mark,
> > but I am
> > inclined to call the three species C. nicobaricum, C. aquatile, and
> > C.
> > martinianum.
> >
> > Harry

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