Dear Dan I have studied Jenneria pustulata in the set of 32 Cypraeoidean species in my thesis on Caenogastropoda morphological phylogeny. I have obtained it as the fist branch of the Ovulidae. The paper is almost published and will be available very soon. Best wishes, Luiz ________________________________________ Luiz Ricardo L. Simone Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo Cx. Postal 42594 04299-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil [log in to unmask] Em 11 Dec 2002, Dan Yoshimoto escreveu: >To those of the "Cypraea persuasion", > Today I received another specimen of Jenneria pustulata (Lightfoot, >1786), which caused me to check the family in which it belonged, before >entering it into my database and making tags. A few years ago I had >entered it under Triviidae Eisenberg "Seashells of the World", pg. 59. >Looking into Keen's "Seashells of Tropical West America (2nd edition) pg. >499, it is listed under Ovulidae. So far we have a disagreement between 2 >authors, but to make it a bit more interesting, Tucker Abbott and Peter >Dance's "Compendium of Seashells",(2nd edition) pg. 98, places Jenneria >pustulata in Triviidae, whereas their 4th edition places it in Ovulidae. > Can someone (Lindsey Groves?) please clarify what is the present >(December 11, 2002, 11:28p.m.) family to which our devilish little species >belongs? > Thanks to those that have helped with this problems. >Dan > >Dan & Hiromi Yoshimoto >1164 Vista Dr. >Eureka, California >95503-6018 >U.S.A. >e-mail: [log in to unmask] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----------