Thanks everyone for the information on Rolle. The situation is that a
Dominican Republic species has turned up in the Haitian material
collected by Rolle and described by Maltzan. I am wondering if there
was a later mixup of labels if Rolle did not indeed collect in the DR.
At 10:51 AM 9/9/2009, you wrote:
>As I understand it, Rolle only published three printed price lists:
>Marine-Conchylien (Univalves): pp. 23, Land-Conchylien: pp. 16,
>Europ.-palaearct. Land-Conchylien.: pp. 16. I am not sure however whether
>any specimens indicated as from Jamaica were actually collected by him
>personally. I can try to dig up my copies if you want.
>
>You are probably aware of the following work:
>Von Maltzan, H. Diagnosen neuer Landschnecken von Haiti gesammelt von
>Hermann Rolle 1887-88. (18xx). 8vo, 6 pp. Describes new species.
>
>You might find it interesting that a letter in my possession sent by Rolle
>to John Read le Brockton Tomlin in 1909 offers Unionidae that Rolle
>collected in Syria.
>
>Regards,
>Scott
>
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>Does anyone know if the German shell dealer Hermann Rolle (f.
>1887-1911) collected in the Dominican Republic? I have specific
>records for Haiti but none for the DR.
>
>
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