Congratulations!!!
Whow can i get one here in Brazil??

Fabio Wiggers
(ps. If you wish, we can trade some shells for a copy... tell me
which shell do you want from Brazil...)

 --- Eduard <[log in to unmask]> escreveu: > Dear List
Members
>
> I am glad to inform you about publication of my book
> "Diagnosing cowry species."
>
> This book is designed to be an easy-to-use manual that enables
> malacologists and shell collectors to identify cowries using
> shell characters only.
>
> Shell characters of 268 cowry taxa, which have been described
> as extant species, are compared. A criterion is established
> and all the 268 taxa are critically examined according to this
> criterion: each cowry species must be distinguished from other
> species of Cypraeidae by at least one well-recognizable shell
> character—Main Diagnostic Shell Character (MDSC)—that shows no
> intermediate stages
>
> Following the above criterion it was possible to diagnose 211
> cowry species, 14 subspecies and 19 synonyms.
>
> The remaining 24 taxa refer either to rare shells not
> available for study or to populations, the descriptive shell
> characters of which are not yet established. These taxa should
> be re-examined in order to come to satisfactory conclusion as
> to their status i.e. species, subspecies or synonym.
>
> To allow for easy comparison, color illustrations and the main
> diagnostic characters for shells of the defineable taxa that
> are similar to each other are given on the same page.
>
> Additional information which may provide extra clues for
> distinguishing between species of similar appearence includes:
> notes to supplement the main diagnostic characters; discussion
> of several groups of cowry taxa, which are especially
> difficult to tell apart; a list of genera in Cypraeidae and
> the distribution range of taxa with similar shells.
>
>
> 160 A4 pages, soft cover, color illustrations on 48 plates,
> numerous b/w illustrations.
>
> Best regards
>
> Eduard Heiman
>
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