During his later years, Pilsbry occasionally had funny ideas about species placements. You may read my account of his description of Stenacme floridana as a pulmonate species here: http://snailstales.blogspot.com/2010/03/stenacme-floridana-what-was-pilsbry.html Aydin snailstales.blogspot.com On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:41:42 -0500, David Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >A large portion of Pilsbry's publications (mainly ANSP stuff) are >available via JSTOR. > >Pilsbry sometimes proposed new taxa rather casually, and these have >been missed in many compilations, e.g. Scalaxis Pilsbry, 1909, >proposed in the index to the Achatina volume simply to exclude >Achatina rillyensis de Boissy, 1848 from Achatina, is not in the >Clench and Turner taxon list; I'm not sure if Johnson and Clench >caught it. > >-- >Dr. David Campbell >425 Scientific Collections >University of Alabama >"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams" > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >To leave this list, click on the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >click leave the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------