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At 02:53 AM 9/16/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear all;-
> I have a shell identified as Latiaxis rubrococinea. It MAY be
authored
>by Quoy and Gaimard. Can anyone certify that. Does anyone have any
>information re: Messers Quoy and Gaimard? They appeared to have used
>their combined talents to identify a number of new species around the
>turn of the century---the last one, that is.
> The shells itself is small, pinkish (thus the "rubro") and without
>projections.
> Art
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Kosuge & Suzuki (1985) give Coralliophila rubrococcinea Melvell & Standen,
1901, from Indian Ocean to Philippines.
Jean-Rene-Constant Quoy (1790-1869) and Joseph Paul Gaimard (1795-1851)
were both French naval doctors with a fondness for exploring and natural
history. Singlely or together they described many molluscs from the
expeditions of the Astrolabe to Australia and New Zealand and the
circum-navigation of the Uranie.
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Ohio State University
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