James H. McLean   (Curator of Mollusks), Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County
advises that O. pycna is definitely a good species . It is far less common
than O. baetica, it is abundant around Bodega Bay, CA, but we do have some
records from Vancouver Island.

Rick Harbo
Nanaimo, B.C. Canada

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From: Dan Yoshimoto <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:12 PM
Subject: Olivella pycna


>Dear Comrades in Shells,
>        I just received a note from a Canadian friend requesting info on
>Olivella pycna.  He has collected a small Olivella from Vancouver Is.,
>Canada and has not seen it described in any Canadian literature.  He's
>checked Abbott's 2nd edition of American Seashells and gets the same
>description as he gets from other literature on O. baetica.  Can someone
>offer a difference between the two species or are they synonymous?
>Dan Yoshimoto
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