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From: "John and Lynette Flynn" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:33 AM
Subject: Book reccomendations?


> Dear all,
>
> I have searched the Conch-L archives and the web and
> found many references to marine mollusk identification
> books. However, I have some specific unanswered
> questions that I hope I might get help with. I am
> ready to order some books I have never seen, and I am
> seeking advice to ensure I buy the best available
> books of each type. I am looking for crisp color
> photographs with range and habitat data. Pictures and
> descriptions of the living animals would be ideal.
>
> Conidae: I have the Compendium of Seashells and Manual
> of the Living Conidae, Volume 1. I wish for volume 2
> of "The Manual" to cover the rest of the world but I
> have been told it may never materialize. Does anyone
> know if this is true? Is there any single book that
> comprehensively covers Conidae of the world or can
> anyone recommend the best books for identification of
> cone shells from Africa, the Atlantic and the
> Caribbean?

There is one for West Africa, the east-Atlantic islands, and the
Mediterranean (by Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, in the series, Conchological
Iconography). Western Atlantic Conidae are much in a flux (many new
"species", lately).

>
> I am considering purchase of "Conchs, Tibias and
> Harps" by Gerry Walls. Any comments?

This book is good, comprehensive. But the Concholoical Iconography has a
part devoted to Harpidae too. Since Walls's book, some more "Tibias" have
been described

I am also
> considering A Conchological Iconography: The Family
> Strombidae by Kreipl and Poppe. Is this the most
> definitive work for identifying Strombus and Lambis or
> is there something better?

Probably there is nothing better.

>
> What is the single best book for identifying Olividae?

The new book by Sterba (2nd, English edition) is good.

> How about Muricidae?

Two books worth considering are Radwin & D'Attilio "Murex shells of the
world", and Ruth Fair's "the Murex book". Radwin & D'Attilio have color
polates, but the figures in Fair are generallyt better.

And what about Mitridae? I found
> a reference to a book "Mitridae Costellaridae" by
> Alain Robin and Jean-Claude Martyn, but I can't find
> anyplace on the web selling a copy.

This book I have for sale, as well as Monteiro et al., Walls, and Fair.

Marien
www.mollus.nl

>
> Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
>
> John Flynn
>
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