Dear Gary
 
The label says
leg. J. Leal, 1993
so it's clear that J. Leal has collected the shell.
D. Piferer is the donator. So you have to say not leg for legit
but you can say
ex coll. which means ex collectione = ex collection.
That term ypu can use when a donator gave a shell to anybody
and when he was not the finder.
In the next days I'll try to search more information on this theme
yours Helmut
 
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> Helmut Nister's suggests that maybe the donor of the shells is the collector
> too. In most cases this is not the case. The specimens I have on loan are
> paratypes of Thala esperanza Leal and Moore, 1993. The label says
>
> D. Piferer
> 01 May 1973 -
> Leg:J. Leal, 1993
>
> The original label with the lot, and the original description, states that
> Piferer is the collector.
>
> Unfortunately, the Florida collection, by not adhering to standard
> conventions will end up confusing a lot of people. Suppose that a specimen
> with unknown collector, but known donor, is sent on loan. The label will
> give a donor and a date donated, which will be read as a collector and a
> date collected by the vast majority of researchers.
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