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At 06:05 AM 3/7/98 EST, you wrote:
> In my quest to attain the Neritidae-family and by the way thanks to some
real
> nice folks in Conch land I now have 41 different. I have run into the
problem
>of
> understanding subspecies and synonyms. Is subspecies a different shell? What
> are synonyms? I thought a synonym was the same with a different name,but if
> this is true why a different Author? If anyone has a list of this family and
>could
> help me I would appreciate it very much. Any literature or names of books I
>could
> get. Thanks for any help.
> Jr E:mail direct-
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THERE ARE NO GOOD REFERENCES ON NERITES, PARTICULARLY THE FRESHWATER
SPECIES. YOU HAVE TO GO WAY BACK. MARTINI AND CHEMNITZ, REEVE, ETC.
TRYON'S MANUAL OF CONCHOLOGY HAS A PRETTY GOOD TREATMENT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE
PROBLEMS. HENK MEINIS OF ISRAEL IS THE BEST PERSON AROUND FOR THE GROUP.
I DON'T HAVE AN E-MAIL FOR HIM, BUT CAN DIG OUT A REGULAR ADDRESS IF YOU
NEED/WANT IT. CERNOHORSKY'S WESTERN PACIFIC BOOKS ARE ADEQUATE BUT AGAIN A
FEW PROBLEMS. MANY YEARS AGO I DID A COMPLETE ZOO RECORD SEARCH (BY HAND
BACK THEN, NO CDS) AND HAVE THE GROUP PARTIALLY DONE IN MS ACCESS. I HAVE
A LOT OF THE REFERENCES, BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL.
GOOD LUCK. CALL ON ME IF YOU WANT TO.
KURT
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