"d' Orbigny" is then correct name.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcide_d%27Orbigny

Franck Frydman


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>
> Hi Conchlers, I have a question for you.  I have been re-labeling some
> shells and have come across a seeming mystery for the common jingle
> shells.
> Is the correct author D'Orbigny or Orbigny or d'Orbigny?  I have seen it
> written in each of those ways.  Also is the year 1842 or 1853 for this
> publication?  Dr. Harry Lee and Jaxshells has it d'Orbigny, 1853 but Trish
> Hartmann in the Florida Bivalve book has it as Orbigny, 1842.  Can anyone
> explain this contradiction?  Thanks.  Bert Bartleson in cold, windy,
> Olympia
> WA
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