RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.06.21. Cuming & Pfeiffer state that Helix assimilis. CUL-DAR46.2.B14. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. RN1
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June 21/55 Cuming & Pfeiffer state that Helix assimilis fd almost all over world; summit of Ascencion, Sandwich Isld, interior of China, Philippines.— — Spanish species of Land shells now fd at M. Viele & British in N. America — Thinks many species transported by man — Cuming says H. pomatia only species with calcareous shell in Britain—
Cuming says if Juan Fernandez shells brought here he shd have not known in least where from.—
[Hugh Cuming (1791-1865), naturalist and traveller who collected shells and orchids in Chile and the Pacific. Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer (1804-1877), German physician, botanist and conchologist.]
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