> Question: what is the significance of square brackets around the author's
> name as used around Lightfoot's name in the Manual of the Living Conidae?

My guess is that it signifies that Lightfoot's identity as the author
is not entirely obvious from the text, by analogy with the use of
square brackets associated with the date of a publication not actually
published when the publicaiton information in the volume claims it
was.

--
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"

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