Date:         Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:22:44 -0400
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From:         Richard Petit <r.e.petit@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: reconciling generic names
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OBIS is being worked on.  The biggest problem, that will soon be fixed, is that taxa are not well correlated.  If you had searched OBIS for just the species name pupoides you would have found the 1999 listing by Higo, Callomon and Goto who cited it as Eufenella pupoides.  

Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860 is the type species of Eufinella Kuroda & Habe, 1952 so that has to be a correct placement (unless someone places Eufinella in the synonymy of another genus).

In answer to your big question, the answer is no. Anyone at all interested in such details needs to acquire as much taxonomic literature as possible.

Hope this helps.

dick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kirsh" <mediashun@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:16 PM
Subject: reconciling generic names


> As I'm processing shells from Micronesia (especially micros), I'm
> discovering that I've probably got some of the same (or similar)
> species from other Indo-Pacific locations--even from Kuwait.
> 
> Here's the difficulty: won't I overlook name revisions and thereby
> duplicate my efforts? For instance, there's a Finella pupoides A.
> Adams, 1860 in the Micronesia bunch, according to Kay (1979). I
> recognized the specific name and sure enough I had an Obtortio pupoides
> A. Adams, 1860 from Kuwait, according to Bosch, et al (1995).
> 
> The latter generic placement is confirmed by Moretzsohn & Kay's update
> to the Hawaiian Marine Molluscs.
> 
> But the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database still lists Finella pupoides as
> the senior name. Obviously, the database has some parts that are at
> least 10 years out of date.
> 
> Is there a most up-to-date or most reliable reference people are using?
> 
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
> 
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