<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Re: [CONCH-L] Date of publication of Deshayes' Description</font>

Dear Riccardo,

It seems there are two Deshayes masterworks on fossil mollusks, the latter considered supplementary. Have I gotten this correct?

Deshayes, G.-P., 1824-1837. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris. Vols 1, 2, Atlas. Deshayes, Paris. <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/52303#/summary>
Collation* per Tucker (2004: 1127) [lifted, with attribution, from Janssen, 1978]:
1824: Vol. 1: 1-393, Vol. 2: 1-178.
1833: Vol. 2: 179-306
1834: Vol. 2: 307-434
1835: Vol. 2: 435-562
1836: Vol. 2: 563-690
1837: Vol. 2: 691-814
1837: Atlas: 65 pls. + 1-101

Deshayes, G.-P., 1856-1865. Descriptions des Animaux san Verteèbres ce couverts dans la Bassin de Paris pour servir de supplément a la description des coquilles des environs de Paris, comprénant un revue générale des toutes les espèces actuellement connues 3 Vols., 2 Atlases. Bailliere, Paris.<https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51674#/summary>
Collation at <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35544475>

*Differing collations have appeared in the literature: Newton (1891) [copied by Palmer & Brann, 1965: 399; incorrectly reported as 1966 by Tucker (2004: 1127)] and Petit & Harasewych (1990: 53).

Janssen, R. 1978: Die Scaphopoden und Gastropoden des Kasseler Meeressande von Glimmerode (Niederhessen). Geologisches Jahrbuch A 41: 3-195, 3 figs, 3 tabs, 7 pls. [not seen]
Newton, R.B., 1891. Systematic List of Frederick E. Edwards Collection of British Oligocene and Eocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History) with References yo Type-specimens From Similar Horizons Contained in Other Collections Belonging to the Geological Department of the Musem. British Museum (Natural History), London. i-xxviii + 1-365 + 17 plates. [not seen]
Palmer, K.V.W., and D.C. Brann, 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusca of the southern and eastern United States, Part I. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48(218): 1–466. June 25. <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10648641>
Petit, R.E. and M.G. Harasewych, 1990. Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellaroidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). The Nautilus 103 Supplement 1: 1-69. March 6. <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8278169>
Tucker J.K., 2004. Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids. Zootaxa 682(1): [1]-[1296]. Oct. 12.

Harry

On 6/27/2020 10:47 AM, Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli wrote: