the following authors maybe described the most species:
Linnaeus
Lamarck
Röding
Gmelin
O. F. Müller

For the moment I think more of it
with shelling greetings


Helmut "Helix" Nisters
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Lamarck

Bobbi Cordy wrote:

> Linne'
>
> Art Weil wrote:
>
> > Dear Conklers;-
> >     Lets make a list! Actually four lists. What authors have described
> > the most LEGITIMATE species of mollusks? Four lists because we need a
> > list of 1. Authors of marine shells, 2, Authors of fresh water shells,
> > 3. Authors of land snails. And four: The composit, overall describers.
> >     Keep legitimate in mind. Roding, frinstance, named the Epitoniidae.
> > But he also described about 40 species in the family, none of which was
> > accurate.
> >     The (masked) Question Man
>
> --
> Jim and Bobbi Cordy
> of Merritt Island, Florida.
>
> Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
> Caribbean & Florida Shells
>
> Bobbi in Shell Creations