Dear friends:
This is a very good point. Many other cases like this do in fact exist: an
old description in which the name has been commonly used (or misused) to
design another completely different species. I haven't checked myself the
holotype of milneedwardsi which shoud be in Paris, but I will try.
However, the original description is available online. Please check at the
wonderful Alan Kohn's site by following this link:
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/sources/Jousseaume,%
20F.%201894.%20Bull.%20Soc.%20Philom.%20Paris%20(8).%20vi.pdf

The article is in french with the original description in latin. What I
can say is that apparently Josseaume did described something that sounds
like a miniature milneedwardsi (according to our modern standards). It is
clearly assigned to the textile group and the high spire is the most
relevant character mentioned. The type locality is Aden (Yemen), and all
the species described in the article come from the Red Sea. This is odd,
because I do not recall that typical milneedwardsii had been found in the
Red Sea, at least recently.
AS I said before, I must have a look at the holotype, but it could
actually happen that the original milneedwardsi resulted to be something
different to the "modern" large milneedwardsi, typically from Mozambique.
If so, clytospira would probably take its place as nominal species, and
then the subspecies from Mozambique would eventually require a new name!
What about "conus clytospira conch-lerorum"? ha ha

Warmest regards to all

Manuel Jimenez Tenorio
Jerez, SPAIN

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