Not bored at all.  Thanks.  Received the reprints in fine condition.  Thanks, again.
 
Marlo
Flroida
 
Maurizio Perini wrote:
 
> Sturday     April 10, 1999   11:55 PM
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Even though I don't see many Oliva enthusiasts on
> CONCH-L I would like to narrate something about
> one of these wonderful shells.
>
> The best way to identify a shell would be to compare
> it with the holotype and - or the original description
> made by its Author. But this correct procedure is rarely
> possible with the species named throughout the last
> Century. The holotype often does not exist and in its
> place sometime there is a not clear drawing. On the
> other hand the descriptions are only brief notes
> usually not sufficient to identify surely a species.