Charlie,
The Zoological record begins somewhere in the 1860's. For records before
1860 try the follwing:



Sherborn, C. D. 1902. Index Animalium. Sectio Prima, 1758-1800. British
Museum (Natural History),
London. lix + 1195 pp.

Sherborn, C. D. 1922-1932. Index Animalium. Sectio Secunda, 1801-1850.
British Museum (Natural
History), London. cxlvii + 7056 pp. + 1098 pp. [Published in 33 parts,
with corrections and additions].

Ruhoff, F. A. 1980. Index to the species of Mollusca
introduced from 1850 to 1870. Smithsonian Contributions
to Zoology 294: 1-640.

Neave, S. A. (ed.). 1939-1940. Nomenclator Zoologicus: a List of the Names
of Genera and Subgenera in
Zoology from the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1935,
Vols. 1-4. The Zoological Society
of London, London. xiv + 3805 pp.

Neave, S. A. (ed.). 1950. Nomenclator Zoologicus, Vol. 5, 1936-1945. The
Zoological Society of London,
London. 308 pp.

Neave was continued by others, info on request (ie. I don't have it with
me right now, ask if you need it.)

Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
                      Carnegie Museum of Natural History
                     Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Assistant Professor - Family Medicine

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