The genus "Stylopsis" for an ascidian is a typographical error. The correct
spelling is Styelopsis. However, this genus name is no longer used. It was
an old genus name for Dendrodoa, now synonymized, though it has been used
as a subgenus of Dendrodoa (for example: Van Name, W. G. 1945. The North
and South American ascidians. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-476).
I would like to know the reference that listed Stylopsis.
At 01:30 PM 10/14/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear members,
>
>I an absolute newcomer. As a malacologist interested in taxonomy and
>nomenclature of my critters, I signed up after being a bit surprised to see
>the generic name Stylopsis appear in a title of a paper dealing with
>tunicate habits. Since I am not entirely sure this is a tunicate genus,
>I'd like to ask the group if it is just that.
>
>Stylopsis A. Adams, 1860 [type species S. typica (A. Adams, 1860)] is a
>generic unit in the molluscan family Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840. Is
>there homonymy here?
>
>Thanks, Harry
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