A few other malacological names date from around this time.  Solander in
Brander, 1766 described some Eocene mollusks from England, including
Calyptraea aperta, which is reported from all over and many ages.  I think
there are some mollusks described by Born around 1776, and definitely more
by him in 1778.  A fairly complete list couldbe found in the first volume
of Index Animalium (Sherborn).  He lists all the animal taxa validly
described before 1801 in the first volume.  I have the second volume, which
is about 30 journal-like parts, covering 1801-1850.  He used all references
he could track down, based in the British Museum.


Dr. David Campbell
"Old Seashells"
Department of Geological Sciences
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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"He had discovered an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus"-E. A. Poe, The
Gold Bug