Dear Dan, Paul, Kev,

You've nailed this taxon down.

Paul treats the genus Penion Fischer, 1884 as a masculine noun, Kev as a
feminine, but the Greek word penion (meaning little shuttle, as in
weaving) is neuter.  Thus I believe the species in question to be most
properly written as Penion maximum (Tryon, 1881).

For what it's worth, the literature tends to favor the -us ending.

Harry


At 10:31 PM 9/21/00 +0100, you wrote:
>To any & all,
>        I still am working on the Talmadge Collection and need data on this
>species.
>
>Buccinidae
>Buccinum verconella maxima
>(No Author, No date)
>Crowdy head, NSW, Australia
>In fish traps @ 75 feet
>Collected: 1960
>
>Does anyone know if there has been a change in genus or species and if not,
>who is the author and his/her date of publication?
>        Working on a deceased person's collection is interesting, fun,
>BUT,a bit  challenging.  Slowly but surely, it'll get done.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Dan
>
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