I am no Olive expert but I have one higendorfi from off Japan ans a couple of vernedei herlaari from NW Australia and I cannot see the difference Geoff >From: Atlantic <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Amalda hilgendorfi (von Martens, 1897) >Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:42:52 -0000 > >TO MAY IT CONCERN > >in ATLANTIC OLIVIDAE Forum > >" [ I would introduce some comments about Amalda hilgendorfi (von Martens >,1897). >It seems to be a widespread species with a large distribution in Western >Pacific (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Papua-New Guinea, NorthWestern >Australia) between 150-300 m depth and New Caledonia (with the subspecies >Amalda hilgendorfi >richeri Kilburn & Bouchet ,1988 -between 450-600 m) and even in western >Indian Ocean ( North of Madagascar in 300-500 m ). > >Another close species Amalda vernedei ( Sowerby ,1859) from China seems to >be the same species, just more inflated with a wider aperture and with a >subspecies : Amalda vernedei herlaari Van Pel,1989 from Arafura Sea ( >Australian North West Shelf ) trawled from 400 m or more. > >I am waiting for your comments about both these species which seem to form >a single widespread species with a great variability in form,size(50 to 100 >mm )and bathymetry. > >< JOIN DISCUSSION HERE > > >References: >-The genus Amalda in New Caledonia by R.Kilburn & P.Bouchet > Bull. Mus.natn.Hit.Nat.Paris 4° Serie 10,1988 Section A n°2:277-300 >-A new subspecies of the Genus Amalda from the Arafura Sea P.L.Van Pel > La Conchiglia N° 233 January-April 1989 p 13-15 >-Australian Marine Shells T 2 B. Wilson 1994 ]" > > Patrick >LEPETIT _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.