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Just before the War Between the States Bishop Elliott Beads ees OFS 
long-time dream, the founding of the University of the ay oe 
Sewanee, Tennessee. He was appointed Chancellor after ie a pe 
did not live to witness the school's eventual revival. An tbe 
memento, some of his shell collection, remains at the Univer Vee 
Bishop Elliott's untimely death in 1866 was not the final chap- 
weit in tha family's involvement in conchology -- nearly fifty years 
later William Mazyck honored the Charleston Museum patron, Stephen 
Elliott I, by describing Epitonium elliotti. Interestingly, modern 
workers believe this species to be Synonymous with Ez. multistriatum 
(Say, 1826), which was described from a specimen provided by the 
same Elliott almost a century earlier. Thus the saga of the Elliott 
dynasty came about full circuit, and we have an instance, perhaps 
unique, in which three generations of an American family of concholo- 
gists have had shells described in their honor. 
Literature Cited: 
Piriet OW 0 tee ee (1974) American Seashells, Van Nostrand, New 
York. 
2. Binney, .W. G. (1858) The Complete writings of Thomas Say on 
the conchology of the United States, 
Thomas Bailliere, New York. 
we" Ghench.- w, 35. (1976) Personal communication. 
4. Guerry, M. (1933) Makers of Sewanee III, The Sewanee Re- 
view Quarterly 41:247-253. 
5. dacobson, M. K. (1972) Malacology in Cuba, Sterkiana 45:37-41. 
6. lea, Isaac (1838-1874) Observations on the Genus Unio... 2-13 
privately published, Philadelphia. 
7. ‘Pilsbry, H. A. (1946) Lana Mollusca of North America... Volume 
2’ Parte th, ADS. Pos Philadelphia. 
3. Rogers, G. A, (1976) (Department of History, Georgia Southern 
College), personal communication. 
Some recent mollusks originally collected b or described inh 
of: Stephen Elliott I (1771-1830) = - 
Goniobasis catenaria (Say, 1822) Terebra concava (Say, 1826) 
Epitonium multistriatum (Say, 1826) Retusa canaliculata (Say, 1826) 
Eagontophos ani cinctus Se 1826) yyeeeorius albus (Say, 1826) 
gena corona bicolor ay, 1826)Siphonaria alternata Kea 1826 
leuromeris tridentata (Say, 1826) Cerithium muscarum fai tase 
Epitonium elliotti Mazyck, 1913 (invalid taxon). 
of: Stephen Elliott II (1806-1866) 
Ventridens elliotti (Redfield 1856) Pleurobema favosum (Lea, 1856 
Lampsilis excavata (Lea, 1857) Pleurobema pyri : 
l t riforme (Lea, 18 
Medionidus enicillatus (Lea, 1857) Villosa vanuxemensis ie wees ne 
penicillatus eC uxemensis 
asmidonta triangulata (Lea 1858 ( 
Pleurobema cohaenete (Lea 1859) a uchandy © 
J ‘ Dysnomia modicella (Lea, 18 
Pleurobema murrayense (Lea, 1868) Pleurocera Showalteri Chee ae) 
of: Stephen Elliott IIT (1832-1906)--Urocoptis Elliotts (Poey, 1859) 
From: Shell-0-Gram 18(3) March 1977. 
