Also Strobel described a landshell maybe to his brother: Neostyriaca
strobel (Strobel, 1850).
The Strobels were two brothers, both working on malacology.
with best shelling greetings
Helmut

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Epitonium turtonis should in fact have been turtonae because he dedicated
the species to his daughter (s - I don't remember by heart), who helped him
always in his malacological researches.
Regards, Henk K. Mienis.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alfonso Pina <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:56 AM
Subject: Proud of themselves?


> Hello everybody,
> It's usual that authors name a new species after somebody that they feel
> some kind of appreciation (personal or academic) to, however there are
> times that they name species after themselves (such as Epitonium turtonis
> Turton, 1819) Well, I think it may be seen like a probe of human weakness,
> but do you know another cases like that?
> Thanks for your time. Best regards,
>
> Alfonso Pina
> Malaga
> Spain
>
> P.S. Maybe my example was wrong and this was another Turton, if so, excuse
> my ignorance.