Dear Helmut I think this may just be a mistake as Ariophantidae is a separate family in other publications from around this date and later (1989 onwards). I have always regarded Ariophantidae as separate to Helixaroionidae. Geoff >From: Helmut Nisters <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Compendium of landshells by Tucker Abbott >Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:35:00 +0200 > >Dear Conchlers, > >could anybody using this compendium explain me >something, as I don't understand it. >In the picture part of this work there is under >family Helicarionidae on page 127 named >Helicarioninae (- inae for subfamily) and >Ariophantinae (again - inae for subfamily), but in >the systamtics just Ariophantinae is an own family >itself. Ariophantidae. How could it happen. Is >the part of systematics done later or better. >with best shelling greetings waiting for answer >under [log in to unmask] >Helmut Nisters > >===== >Helmut Nisters >Franz-Fischer-Str. 46 >A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria >phone: 0043 512 573214 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] >web: www.netwing.at/nisters > >__________________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp