Dear Kevin, About Sowerby in Reeve I do'nt nothing at the moment. But for the "Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet" You should not have any problems if you use the following item: Welter-Schultes, F.W., 1999. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (1837-1920). Bibliography of the volumes in Goettingen.-Archives of Natural History, 26 (2): 157-203. Greetings, Wim > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Kevin S. Cummings [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Verzonden: woensdag 9 augustus 2000 18:54 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Sowerby & Reeve (Who's on First) > > Dear Harry, Tom and fellow bibliophiles, > > I'm confused. I've been told this before. In trying to compile > information of type species for unionids I have come across a vexing > problem related to the authorship of many taxa variously attributed to > Sowerby or Reeve, or Sowerby in Reeve. It stems for the publication: > 1864-1868. L. Reeve and G.B. Sowerby (eds.) Conchologica Iconica, > Monograph of the genus Unio. Vol. 16 unpaginated + 96 plates. I have no > idea as to how to cite this work and how to attribute various species to > their rightful authors. Not actually having a real copy (xerox only) of > this fine work, as far as I can tell (and I could be very far off here and > please correct me if I am wrong) the Conchologica Iconica was issued in > numerous (??) volumes over a period of many years and apparently authored > by one or more people (Sowerby or Reeve or both). My questions are as > follows: > > 1. How can I tell who the author of a particular taxon is (they are not > attributed in the species accounts)? One example is Unio aplatus > (species. > This taxon was attribited to "Swainson MS in Museum Cuming" in the > original > work and in the index. Later Simpson (1900) and Johnson (1971:79) > credited > Reeve as the author. According to Parodiz (1968) it was Sowerby in Reeve > 1865. I realize that Swainson can't be the author as whoever the author > is > was citing and unpublished manuscript, but how can I tell who the real > author of this name is? > > 2. How can I tell the date of publication? This sounds fairly > straightforward. However, the first page of the "Monograph of the genus > Unio" is dated "October 1868" at the bottom of the unpaginated page, > whereas two pages later it is dated "August 1864". The dates progress > forward until ending with "October 1868". I assume that this work was > issued in parts and then compiled and issued as one volume, which might > account for the introduction page being dated the same as the last page. > Hell, I don't know. > > 3. Do the plates preceed the unpaginated pages citing them in an original > bound copy? > > 4. How does one cite this work? If issued in parts over a period of > years, each "part" would need it's own citation. How does one know the > correct author of each part? How is each volume cited? How is the entire > series cited? > > I assume others have had similar problems in dealing with the nomenclature > of marine or terrestrial species in the Concholoogica Iconica and your > help > in this matter may save me a long and ultimately painful date with Jim > Beam. Later we will address Martini und Chemnitz and the relationship > between K=FCster, H.C., and S. Clessin various dates 1838-1842, 1853, > 1873-1876, the Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, and I am getting > confused > again. > > Kevin > Kevin S. Cummings > Research Scientist > Illinois Natural History Survey > 607 E. Peabody Drive > Champaign, IL 61820 > [log in to unmask] > http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html