Dear George et al, My confusion comes from a paper by Kilburn(1988), where I believe he raised 'Tylotiella' to genus level, and then placed it in the subfamily Drilliinae. This is not a problem in itself, however, to me 'powelli Kay, 1979', no longer seems to fit. Ghost Sheller >From: "George P. Holm" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Question regarding taxonomic placement within TURRIDAE & > MITRIDAE >Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:14:36 -0800 > >I have found no change for Clavus (Tylotiella) powelli Kay, 1979 in the >volumes of turrid litterature I have looked at over the past two years. >George > > > >Dear Conch-lers, > > > > > > > >I have a handful of questions today. > > > > > > > >First, within the family Turridae, where is 'powelli Kay, 1979' currently > >placed? I know that originally Kay recorded it as 'Clavus (Tylotiella) > >powelli'. However, with all the changes during the 80 and 90's in this > >family, I'm not sure where to place it. > > > > > > > >Second, within the family Mitridae, where does the genus Neocancilla > >currently fit? I have seen it placed within two different subfamilies: > >Imbricariinae and Mitrinae. > > > > > > > >Lastly, within the family Triphoridae, can someone tell me the >author/date > >for the subfamily Mastoniinae and the genus Litharium? > > > > > > > >As always, thank you in advance. > > > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > > > >Ghost Sheller > ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > ><http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp