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Granulina hadria vs ovuliformis - marlo - 09-09-2006 <i>Granulina hadria</i> Dall, 1889 in Florida has been confused with <i>Granulina ovuliformis</i> d’Orbigny, 1841 for a long time.  This confusion was not clarified until January 1988 when Gary A. Coovert addressed the matter in <b>Marginellidae of Florida, Part I: Granulina hadria</b>, <b>Marginella Marginalia</b>, Vol. 4, No. 1, a publication of the Dayton Museum of Natural History.  He recounts that Dall initially described hadria based upon material from “Mud flats at Cedar Key, Florida, Hemphill,†|