Dear Linda,

The current name is Onustus caribaeus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1857)
according to Kreipl & Axel in their recent book on this family. Tugurium
Fischer, 1879 is a synonym. Kreipl & Axel erected the subgenus (in Ponder's
view) Onustus to full genus status, a view I concur with.

Gijs C. Kronenberg

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> Van: Linda Bush <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: Xenophora
> Datum: donderdag 4 mei 2000 16:44
>
> Hi,  Conchlers, and NO, this is not another Pecten question; I guess
you're getting tired of those!
>         Can anyone give me the current name for Xenophora  (The
Compendium calls it "Tugurium caribaeum"  (Petit, 1856)?  I had a bunch of
these from the days gone by of bought, unsorted dregings; and I don't know
what became of them.  But I got another one at last night's club meeting,
courtesy of someone who has saved everything from her bucket(s) that we
bought from Blacks.  Unfortunately, It does not have the greenish tinge
shown in the images that someone put up recently.  I must buy Rice's new
value list; I need it for other shells too.
>
>                         Thanks ahead of time,
>                                         Linda