Dear Worm People,
It is probably not well-known that in 1928 Fauvel sold
some of his duplicate specimens to the Natural History Museum in London.
Amongst other things we have:
Salmacina aedificatrix
1928.4.26.140 Naples
Salmacina australis
1928.4.26.118 Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia
Salmacina dysteri
1928.4.26.81/85 Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados, near le Havre
1928.4.26.106 St. Vaast-la-Hougue
1928.4.26.886 St. Vaast-la-Hougue
Salmacina incrustans
1928.4.26.144/154 Monaco harbour
1928.4.26.954 Naples
The specimens from the Indian Museum, Calcutta (Fauvel, 1932) were, I
believe, all returned to Calcutta. In the past, people have been able to
borrow them by writing to
The Director, Zoological Survey of India, 34 Chittaranjan Avenue,
Calcutta, West Bengal - 700012, INDIA
With a copy to
The Officer-in-Charge, General Non-Chordata Section, Zoological Survey
of India, 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Calcutta, West Bengal - 700016,
India
I hope this is helpful to somebody!
Alex
Mr. A.I. Muir,
Polychaete Research Group, Department of Zoology, The Natural History
Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, LONDON SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5567 Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5054
http://www.nhm.ac.uk//research-curation/staff-directory/zoology/cv-5565.
html
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu
[mailto:annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Sergio
Salazar
Sent: 26 September 2007 21:06
Subject: [Annelida] Fauvel's materials
Dear Nechama, Harry and Tarik,
May I suggest you three alternate things?
Third, there might be some specimens identified by Fauvel and deposited
elsewhere, like in the American Museum (I saw a flask with specimens
collected by Treadwell in Paris, and a correspondence might be
expected), the British Museum, and the museums of Monaco, Stockholm and
Brussels.
Good luck,
Sergio
>From: Nechama Ben-Eliahu <nbenelia from yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Annelida] notice for the list
>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
>>Dear Polychaete Researchers
>> Does anyone know where Fauvel-identified Salmacina incrustans and
>Salmacina dysteri
> specimens might be? The material cannot be located in Paris or
Angers;
>maybe Fauvel donated some to other collections, or maybe it was
>accidentally shelved somewhere.
>> Thank you in anticipation of your kind attention.
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Nechama Ben-Eliahu,Ph.D., Curator emeritus
> Section of Aquatic Invertebrates
> The Biological Collections of the Hebrew University
> The Department of Evolution,Systematics and Ecology
> 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
> 972-2-6584633
>
