Dear Fabio
thank you for interest in my work.
My new book costs 75$ ; postage by airmail costs 19$, by surface mail 5$. I
think it is very helpful to collectors.
You can get it directly from me by sending a check in USD or sending details
of your credit card (this is better).
I am ready to trade it for shells but currently I am interested only in
world-wide cowries so if you have something please send me your list;
knowing of localities of your shells is the must.
Apropos, my previous book "Cowries of East Sinai" is also available.
Best regards
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wiggers" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: A new book


> 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
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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