Thanks, Kevin.
        I'll look it up at the library.
        Art

"Kevin S. Cummings" wrote:

> >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:14:32 -0400
> >From: Art Weil <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Volutes
> >
> >Dear all;-
> > What I'm doing is trying to make a complete listing for "Authors in
> >Volutidae". But I need help, aid, and assistance.
> > Sometimes I only have the last name of an author. What I'd like on
> >the title line is his full name, his B&D dates, and where one might find
> >his type species.
> > A good entry would look like:
> > Smith, Joe B. (1812-1894) Montana State Museum
> > Get the idea? Here are a few names that I need help on. If I get
> >these sorted out, I'll add more.
> >Angas, G.F.---Barnard----Bartsch----Bayer, F.M.----Bernardi
> >Brazier----Broderip----Clench, W.J.----Cossman----Cox
> > That's ten. There's lots more. I need what you know---or can look
> >up.
> > Many thanks,
> > Art
>
> Art, try this reference:
>
> Abbott, R.T., and M.E. Young (eds.). 1973. American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.
>
> Kevin
> Kevin S. Cummings
> Research Scientist
> Illinois Natural History Survey
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> Champaign, IL 61820
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> http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html