Roland,

 

Could you send me those PDF’s?

 

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From: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Roland Houart
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 2:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] The Hexagonal Murex

 

Dear David,

 

I just sent you two pdf's.

I think you now will understand this puzzle.

 

Best wishes and Happy New Year

 

Roland

 

 

Le sam. 30 déc. 2023 à 20:13, David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :

Dear Listers,

Here's a year-end puzzle: Is the Hexagonal Murex one species or two? (And can anyone send me a copy of the article Murexsul pacaudi nom. nov., un nouveau nom de remplacement pour Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816 in Xenophora Taxonomy N&deg; 22 - Add-on to Xenophora n&deg; 164 - October 2018?)

According to WoRMS, Murexsul hexagonus is no longer accepted and is superceded by Murexsul pacaudi Van Hyfte &amp; Danvin, 2018.

Malacolog.org synonymizes Murexsul hexagonus with M. oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938). Murexsul oxytatus has (had?) been accepted as the Hexagonal Murex for a long while: see Abbott 1974, Zhang 2011, Redfern 2013 among the Caribbean reference books. Lamy &amp; Pointier 2017 do make the distinction but without explanation.

Opinions? Explanations?

I might need a translation of Van Hyfte &amp; Danvin's text, I suppose.

TIA! Happy New Year!

David Kirsh
Durham, NC

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