in the old "Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung" von Fr. Paetel
Berlin, 1888 there are a lot abbreviations of the names of
authors.
 
L. for Linnaeus
Lm for Lamarck
Brug. for Bruguiere
Sow. for Sowerby etc.
 
Paetel is a very important catalogue with nearly all the names
of inland-shells and marine shells he had at this time in his
collection.
Most of the names of the authors are abbreviated and there might
be a lot of confusion.
 
with best malacological greetings from Innsbruck
 
Helmut Nisters
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> >In the code it is recommended that all authors axcept for Linne
> >(abbreviated: L.) and Fabricius (abbreviated: F.) are fully written....
>
> The international code of zoological nomenclature does not say this. Rather
> it says in Recommendation E11 "The name of an author should not be
> abbreviated except optionally, the name of an author who will be recognized
> by the importance of his work and by his abbreviated name. An author's name
> should never be so abbreviated that confusion with other authors' names will
> be caused."
>
> The botanists have official abbreviations for authors, but zoologists do not.
>
> Gary
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