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° 22 - Add-on to Xenophora n° 164 - October 2018?) > > According to WoRMS, Murexsul hexagonus is no longer accepted and is > superceded by Murexsul pacaudi Van Hyfte & Danvin, 2018.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 & Pointier 2017 do make the distinction > but without explanation. > > Opinions? Explanations? > > I might need a translation of Van Hyfte & Danvin's text, I suppose. > > TIA! Happy New Year! > > David Kirsh > Durham, NC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [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/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-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/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-L&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------