Title: George Brettingham Sowerby correspondence to Augustus A. Gould,
Authors: Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854.
Year: 1846
Subjects: Gould, Augustus A.; Sowerby, George Brettingham, Correspondence.; Gould, Augustus A.; Mollusks Classification; Mollusks Collection and preservation; Patellidae.; London (England)
Abstract: Correspondence from English naturalist George Brettingham Sowerby (1788-1854) to conchologist Augustus A. Gould (1805-1866), of Massachusetts, dated February 4, 1846, concerning specimens of Patella from South America that Sowerby was sending him. They included Patella deaurata, Patella cymbularia, and Patella flammea. Sowerby writes that they have varying characteristics and sizes but they "must be regarded as mere varieties of one and the same species." There is a note at the end of the letter from English naturalist Hugh Cuming (1791-1865) to Gould stating he disagrees with Sowerby's conclusions.