Andrew Vik
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Dear Art:

Another batch:

Suter, Henry, 1841-1918

Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Tate, Ralph
(the guy sounds too normal to be a malacologist)

Valenciennes, M. Achille

Verco, Joseph Cooke, 1854-1933

Weaver, Clifton Stokes
(? any relation to that other Stokes)

Wenz, W.

Yours, AV

Art Weil wrote:

> Dear AV, KL, and others interested;-
>         Near the end of the Volute authors. I will come back and re-post
> some that I received no answers on. Maybe some of you could ask your
> taxi driver or manicurist. They seem to know more than most of us. May
> one might even know Lahille.
> The list:
>         Stokes            Suter                Swainson
> Tate
>         Thornley        Tripoli                Valenciennes
>         Verco, J.C.            Weaver            Wenz
> Wilson
> I know you all want to know what I may tackle next. I'm planning on
> doing the Marginellidae. It's a large family with fewer synonyms than
> the Volutes. Probably because Gary Couvert has been an excellent
> doorkeeper.
>         Art