Dear Freek,
 
As of 1958, no opinion (for or against) on the availability of any of E. M.
daCosta's work had been rendered by the ICZN.
 
Harry
 
 
At 10:26 PM 12/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi shellers,
>
>Could anyone inform me about Da Costa's publication, issueded anonymous
>(!)in 1771, only partly binominal (!), very rare etc, etc.
>
>Has this work been rejected by ICZN? In literature several taxa
>introduced in this work are used.
>Any info on the topic is welcomed!
>
>{See Peter Dance, a History of Shell Collecting.- 1986: 198}
>
>Thank you all in advance,
>
>Freek Titselaar
>
Harry G. Lee
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