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We see both at Pillar Point. I have one observation showing them side-by-side
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6173961
I put it into iNat, sorry. To me it's not an issue of WoRMS supporting the new species, it's a matter of when one of the mollusc or branch editors will get around to adding it. I'm used to SCAMIT where many of the names & synonymies in our species list (revised yearly) are independent of what's in WoRMS for that reason or because our experts - who have typically seen much more material than many of the authors who publish on west coast species - disagree with what's published. But I do realize that for something as big & with as many contributors as iNat you need a different standard otherwise chaos can result.
L. cockerelli & macdonaldi overlap. The first is known from Alaska to Point Loma, CA; the second from Sonoma Co. to Cabo San Lucas, Baja, & into the Gulf of California.
I don't know who the appropriate editor would be for iNat.
I wrote to one of the editors for molluscs at WoRMS, asking if the status of L. mcdonaldi was dependent on print, rather then online, publication but did not get a reply. However, as of this morning (July 13), L. mcdonaldi is included on WoRMS as "interim unpublished", so apparently print publication of the journals is important to them.
Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have lift off! http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1013008
FYI @dpom, @leslieh, and others who have been using the name L. mcdonaldi. If you folks know people at WoRMS, maybe you can nudge them into looking into this on their end?