Eupleura caudata Original Description

Eupleura caudata Original Description

    Thomas Say (1822: 236-237; see above) named this species Ranella caudata and mentioned only a "reddish-brown" coloration. Later the first illustration of this species, an engraving based on a drawing by his wife Lucy (Say, 1832: plate 48 bottom edited into juxtaposition) was published.

Ranella caudata

Binney, W.G., 1858. The complete writings of Thomas Say on the conchology of the United States. Pp 1-252 + vi + pls. i-lxxv.
Say, T., 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States [part 1 of 3]. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 221-248. "June" [July].
Say, T., 1832. American Conchology or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by colored figures from original drawings executed from nature 5. Thomas Say, New Harmony, Indiana. [38 pp, unpaginated + pls. 41-50]. [Stated date: -- Aug.].