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 superceded by Murexsul pacaudi Van Hyfte &amp; Danvin, 2018.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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