Georg Steller (the German naturalist who accompanied Bering to Alaska in
1741-42) travelled with Gmelin in Russia on the way to Siberia.
The earliest shells collected from the west coast of North America by Cook
in 1778, in Banks Collection, were later described by Gmelin:
Frilled dogwinkle, Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Leafy hornmouth,Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rick Harbo
Marine Images, Nanaimo, B.C.


-----Original Message-----
From: G Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: Gmelin, 1791 - where to get it?


>At 01:35 AM 01/19/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>>Does anyone know if Gmelin's 1791 blockbuster (didn't he write anything
>>else about molluscs??) has been reprinted?  It would be REALLY nice to
>>have a copy of something like this!!
>>-Ross.
>>
>
>The Ohio State University library has a microfiche copy, which is the only
>"reprint" I've ever seen. Gmelin was a chemist and I think the 1791 13th
>edition of Systema Naturae was his only molluscan contribution. After the
>bashing he recieved from contemporary critics he probably wished he hadn't
>even written that one.
>
>
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