Re: Another missing synonym
Cernuella (Cernuella) virgata (Da Costa, 1778) TaxonVersionKey: NHMSYS0001701953 seems to have a valid and widely used synonym in Helicella virgata. The Gateway does not recognise the latter at all.
M.
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Cernuella (Cernuella) virgata (Da Costa, 1778) TaxonVersionKey: NHMSYS0001701953 seems to have a valid and widely used synonym in Helicella virgata. The Gateway does not recognise the latter at all.
M.
Hi Murdo - I have had a look into this and (to my uneducated eye) they seem to be different species - can you confirm whether this is the case or not? I am basing my evidence on WoRMS, which is a good online catalogue, and they have them listed in different families - see here:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? … ;id=153982
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? … ;id=426375
Cheers, Chris R.
Not my taxon, but if you Google helicella AND cernuella you come up with a lot of references to the latter as a subgenus of the former, or a genus on its own, and with species virgata. Some returned are not authoritative, but this one looks to be: http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Helicella%20(Cernuella)%20virgata. I can't help beyond that. WORMS looks certain about its position, but others clearly disagree.
M.
Hmm, I think the one you pointed to is just a list of determinations of things in their museum ... I'd not read too much into it really. I will have a think on it though and see if I can dig anything up - if you can find anything definitive too then it would help :)
True, but the taxonomy they use has C. as a subgenus of H. You would expect Harvard to get it right. Maybe ask the Conchologist's Society www.conchsoc.org for a quick opinion?
M.
I have just checked my copy of Kerney & Cameron (Collins guide, 1979) and they give Cernuella virgata as the primary name, with Helicella virgata, H. maritima and H. variabilis as synonyms.
M.
OK, if it is in as popular a publication as K&C then I will add it :)
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