Does anyone know where a copy of Martyn's work (or reproductions) can be
viewed ? He illustrated the first specimens to be collected from the Pacific
NE ( King George's Sound, later Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island) by Cpt. Cook
and his crew in 1778, and some were incorporated in the "Banks Collection".
Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832)
Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791)
Lirabuccinum dirum (Reeve, 1846)  = Searlisia dira



Cheers
Rick Harbo
Nanaimo, B.C. Canada




-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hollmann <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: Martyn, 1784


>Dear Andrew,
>there is at least one additional species to be added to Harry's list
>of Martyn names that have been specifically "re-admitted" by the plenary
>powers of the ICZN:
>
>Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786, published in vol. 3 of the Universal
>Conchologist, on plate 109. This is not a nerite but rather a Naticid, and
>it's current proper (full) name is
>
>Natica (Naticarius) hebraea (Martyn, 1786)
>
>Note that the publication date at least for this plate of the work is 1786,
>not 1784, so not all plates appear to have been published in the same year.
>Natica hebraea  is a common Mediterranean Natica which is often sold under
the
>junior synonyms Natica cruentata Gmelin, 1791, or Natica maculata von
Salis,
>1973.
>This species being Mediterranean, not all of the Martyn names later
validated
>by the ICZN apply to endemic species from New Zealand.
>
>The full reference to the decision by the ICZN is:
>ICZN (1992) Opinion 1662 Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 49(1): 74-75
>
>Cheers,
>Michael
>
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