In case it is pertinent to the discussion here,THE SHELL CABINET, of Falls
Church, Va. is no longer in operation. It was owned by M.E. Young, who
passed away some years ago...I hate to think of it but probably as much as
20 years. I happened to work with her in her last days and she sold it to a
young man by the name of Morgan Breeden....of Nokesville, Va. He in turn
has vanished along with any information as to the disposal of much shells
and an abundance of books...especially Walls , Cone book, she must have had
35 or 40 copies of this one, and I recall another Olive Shells of the World,
by Ziegler I believe, and I think she bought the whole publication of this
one. It would be interesting if anyone now knew where Morgan is located.
Mique Pinkerton.
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From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, July 29, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: conchological terminology question
>Dear Tom et al;-
> There is: (from the Veliger, Vol. 7, March 15, 1965) "A Glossary of A
Thousand-And-One Terms used in Conchology" Compiled by Winifred H. Arnold.
> Distributed by: THE SHELL CABINET, P.O. Box 29, Falls Church, Va. 22046.
> I find it quite valuable.
> Art
>>
>> From: "Thomas E. Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 2004/07/29 Thu AM 11:51:14 EDT
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: conchological terminology question
>>
>> Milan,
>>
>> I do not think there is a universally accepted, much less an official,
conchological terminology. But I was told by Dr Mienis when asking about
certain terms, the important thing was to define the term you are using and
be consistent within the paper you are writing.
>>
>> Tom E.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>> > Behalf Of Milan Peternel
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:44 AM
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: conchological terminology question
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Is there anything like "official conchological terminology" = a widely
>> > accepted list of malacological terms applied to gastropod shells ?
>> >
>> > I use definitions given in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology
>> > but several things bother me.
>> >
>> > For instance: Rib (costa) is defined as ?round-topped
>> > elevation......disposed
>> > colabrally on shell surface?.
>> > But term rib or costa is often used (also in Treatise) for
>> > radial linear elevations which are not necessarily round-topped. That
>> > contradicts the definition given in Treatise.
>> > It seems that morphological terms are used quite liberally. And
>> > also, there
>> > seem to be no sharp boundary between thread, cord, costa(rib),
>> > carina(keel).
>> > They mostly differ by their width and prominence which is very
subjective.
>> > What is a ?cord? for me can be called ?rib? by someone else.
>> >
>> > Any comment? Can you recommend some list of malacological terms
>> > ?verified? by
>> > professional malacologists?
>> >
>> > Milan
>> >
>> >
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