>    We (the editorial "we") are still waiting to hear from someone why
>V. soulie Marche-Marchad 1974 supercedes V. porcina Broderip, 1830. It's
>not as if Broderip was some fly-by-night.

According to Weaver and du Pont, 1970, porcina Lamarck, 1811 is a synonym
of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus).  Broderip was just citing Lamarck's name in
1830.  soulie is after Weaver and du Pont, so no help there.  Perhaps
Broderip's figure was thought to represent a different species from true
cymbium?

>    While waiting, there are two others we (editorial again) would like
>to have someone look at.
>    V. reticulata Reeve, 1844 is replaced by V. damoni Gray, 1864.
>    V. reticulata Gmelin, 1791 is replaced by V. praetexta Reeve, 1849

Both are junior homonyms of V. reticulata Linnaeus.

>    All answers and speculations will be held in strictest confidence
>and only shared with certified shell collectors.

Certified for what?

Dr. David Campbell
"Old Seashells"
Department of Geological Sciences
CB 3315 Mitchell Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3315 USA
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"He had discovered an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus"-E. A. Poe, The
Gold Bug