Thankyou, G.Tom;-
I printed it out and will add to my material. There WILL be more to fill
in.
Art
+Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a chicken and he'll have
eggs for years. Anon
G Thomas Watters wrote:
> Peter Dance's "Shell Collecting, an illustrated history" is an invaluable
> resource for these questions.
>
> >From that source:
>
> Dillwyn, L.W. (1778-1855) - Cardiff Museum
> Dunker, R.W. (1809-1885) - Berlin Museum & Cuming collection
> Fulton, F.C. (1861-1942) - British Museum
> Gmelin, J.F. (1748-1804) - cited illustrations in other works
> Barnes, D.H. (?) - lost
>
> >From Kohn's "Chronological Taxonomy of Conus":
>
> Gebauer, J.J. (d. 1819) - apparently cited illustrations in other works
> Donovan, E. (1768-1837) - possibly in private London Museum and Institute
> of Natural History, or in other collections
>
> At 11:12 AM 04/11/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >The first ten got some very good help. The first four in the next group
> >sound rather musical if you say them together: Dell, Dillwyn, Donovan,
> >Dunker. (and) Finlay, Fulton, Garrard, Gebauer, Gmelin and Barnes.
> >That's ten more.
> > I am especially interested to know where an Author's type species
> >are housed. I know Dall's are in the Smithsonian, Kilburn's are in the
> >Natal Museum. But I really have very few authors and museums linked up
> >that way. I feel such information may be valuable to researchers. I know
> >the Sowerby Boys sold most of their material. But some might be in the
> >British Museum.
> > If anyone has such information whether I've asked for that specific
> >name or not, please share it with me. I plan to do this Authors
> >in---treatment for several more families.
> > It keeps me off the streets and away from evil companions.
> > Art
> >
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> Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
> Ohio State University
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> "The world is my oyster except for months with an 'R' in them" - Firesign
> Theater
>
> "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he
> has to buy a license" - GTW
>
> "Beliefs are more powerful than facts" - Duke Paulus Atreides
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