On 25-Aug-00, Henk and Zvia Mienis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: There are several possibilities: Deshayes described some new species of Red Sea shells in a general book dealing with a journey in that area of which Laborde was the author, therefore all the mollusc taxa are quoted like the following example: Cardites rufa (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834). Sometimes an article is co-authored by two or more authors, but some of the new names are "claimed" by one of the authors only for example: Arca (Scapharca) birleyana Melvill in Melvill and Standen, 1906, while several pages further Pectunculus (now Glycymeris) heroicus Mellvil & Standen, 1906 is described. However, it becomes rather complicated when you have to quote: Siliquaria armata Kuroda, Habe & Kosuge in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971 or Nodiscala gracilis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Yes, there are also general travel accounts in which not only molluscs but also other animals and plants are described, often by different authors. An example forms the description of Cerithium levantinum by E.A. Smith in Hart, 1891. Live is not always easy. Best regards, Henk K. Mienis Curator National Mollusc Collection Dept. Evolution, Systematics & Ecology Hebrew University of Jerusalem Il-91904 Jerusalem, Israel ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Bush <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 4:56 AM Subject: A questionabout authors > Hi, Conch-Lers! > I have a question. Sometimes the author of a shell name is given as (Name in Another Name, Date). Do most of these indicate the description of a shell in a book of shell descriptions by another auther(s)? Or, do some of these come from publications that may iinclude phyla other than Mollusca as well? (Some of these are obviously limited to Mollusca, as both names are familiar to us as shell authors.) I"m just wondering if there are some cases in which the work deals with other animals as well as molluscs. > > Greetings from stormy St. Louis, > Linda --------------------------- Thank you so much for youyr interesting reply. It should be informative for everyone on the list. The situation can be more complicated than I imagined. Linda Bush