Dear Kevin,

About Sowerby in Reeve I do'nt nothing at the moment. But for the
"Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet" You should not have any problems if you
use the following item: Welter-Schultes, F.W., 1999. Systematisches
Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (1837-1920). Bibliography of the
volumes in Goettingen.-Archives of Natural History, 26 (2): 157-203.

Greetings,
Wim

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> Van:  Kevin S. Cummings [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Verzonden:    woensdag 9 augustus 2000 18:54
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> Onderwerp:    Sowerby & Reeve (Who's on First)
>
> Dear Harry, Tom and fellow bibliophiles,
>
> I'm confused.  I've been told this before.  In trying to compile
> information of type species for unionids I have come across a vexing
> problem related to the authorship of many taxa variously attributed to
> Sowerby or Reeve, or Sowerby in Reeve.  It stems for the publication:
> 1864-1868.  L. Reeve and G.B. Sowerby (eds.) Conchologica Iconica,
> Monograph of the genus Unio.  Vol. 16 unpaginated + 96 plates.  I have no
> idea as to how to cite this work and how to attribute various species to
> their rightful authors.  Not actually having a real copy  (xerox only) of
> this fine work, as far as I can tell (and I could be very far off here and
> please correct me if I am wrong) the Conchologica Iconica was issued in
> numerous (??) volumes over a period of many years and apparently authored
> by one or more people (Sowerby or Reeve or both).  My questions are as
> follows:
>
> 1.   How can I tell who the author of a particular taxon is (they are not
> attributed in the species accounts)?  One example is Unio aplatus
> (species.
> This taxon was attribited to "Swainson MS in Museum Cuming" in the
> original
> work and in the index.  Later Simpson (1900) and Johnson (1971:79)
> credited
> Reeve as the author.  According to Parodiz (1968) it was Sowerby in Reeve
> 1865.  I realize that Swainson can't be the author as whoever the author
> is
> was citing and unpublished manuscript, but how can I tell who the real
> author of this name is?
>
> 2.  How can I tell the date of publication?  This sounds fairly
> straightforward.  However, the first page of the "Monograph of the genus
> Unio" is dated "October 1868" at the bottom of the unpaginated page,
> whereas two pages later it is dated "August 1864".  The dates progress
> forward until ending with "October 1868".  I assume that this work was
> issued in parts and then compiled and issued as one volume, which might
> account for the introduction page being dated the same as the last page.
> Hell, I don't know.
>
> 3.  Do the plates preceed the unpaginated pages citing them in an original
> bound copy?
>
> 4.  How does one cite this work?  If issued in parts over a period of
> years, each "part" would need it's own citation.  How does one know the
> correct author of each part? How is each volume cited? How is the entire
> series cited?
>
> I assume others have had similar problems in dealing with the nomenclature
> of marine or terrestrial species in the Concholoogica Iconica and your
> help
> in this matter may save me a long and ultimately painful date with Jim
> Beam.  Later we will address Martini und Chemnitz and the relationship
> between K=FCster, H.C., and S. Clessin  various dates 1838-1842, 1853,
> 1873-1876, the Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, and I am getting
> confused
> again.
>
> Kevin
> Kevin S. Cummings
> Research Scientist
> Illinois Natural History Survey
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