Emilio et. al:
I used to think the same thing.  The other question, and I don't feel
too bad because I heard a Ph.D. candidate asked the same thing at an AMU
field trip to the Field Museum in 1996, and we did not get an answer is:
in museum collections when a person collects a shell the person's name
is followed by an exclamation point (!).  I have also seen that in
literature.  What is the official meaning of that?

Alan Gettleman
Merritt Island, Florida



emilio wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Oh my! I always thought leg. was the abbreviation for legacy which
> when on a specimen label means that it [the specimen or lot] was
> transferred
> from one institution's collection to another institution's collection
> or from one collection to another.
>
> Later,
>
> Emilio Jorge Power
>
>
>
> Henk and Zvia Mienis wrote:
>
>> This subject has been treated already several times on the
>> ConchL-Net.
>> Try out the archives!
>> Leg. is Latin and means collected by.
>> The indication coll. on a label means either collected by or the
>> collection
>> of,
>> which are two different things. Coll. H.K. Mienis may contain
>> material
>> collected by numerous other people i.e. leg. J. Wolff /leg. W.
>> Barney/leg.
>> T. Eichhorst, etc.
>> In order to avoid mistakes Leg. is used to indicate the collector on
>> labels,
>> while Col. is used to indicate the owner of the collection.
>> Best regards,
>> Henk K. Mienis
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <CO!
>> [log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: Shell labels
>>
>>
>>
>> > I believe "leg" comes from the Greek "lego" which means to gather
>> >
>> (collect) or
>>
>> > select.
>> >
>> > Winston Barney
>> > Fort Worth, Tx
>> >
>> > John Wolff wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>  More word questions...
>> >>
>> >>  What is the best way to indicate the name of the collector on a
>> >>  shell
>> >>
>> label?
>>
>> >>  I have been using "Leg.", but was hard-pressed to explain what it
>> >>  stands
>> >>  for when questioned. Could not find it in a dictionary. Is there
>> >>  a
>> >>
>> better way?
>>
>> >>    John Wolff
>> >>  2640 Breezewood Dr.
>> >>  Lancaster, PA 17601
>> >>