The Reverend Revett Sheppard (1778, in

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. He was a

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. He described several new non-marine species of mollusks. Sheppard was a friend of the entomologist William Kirby.

Publications

Sheppard's publications include: *Sheppard, R., 1822. On two new British species of Mytilus. ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'' 13: 83-87. *Sheppard, R., 1823. Descriptions of seven new British land and freshwater shells, with observations on many other species, including a list of such as have been found in the county of Suffolk. ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'' 14: 148-170.

References

* Killeen, I. J., 1992. ''The land and freshwater molluscs of Suffolk''. Suffolk Naturalists' Society, Ipswich.
Revett Sheppard is listed (alphabetically) on page 811 of "2,400 Years of Malacology"
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