Jamie,

I have the Howells book.  Does the Tennessee book provide better info
than the Howells book?  I might consider getting a copy if it does.

--Dan

> Jamie Smith wrote:
>
> We use those also. Dan, if you don't have a copy of the TN book I have
> an extra. I am probably bias since I work with Art, but it is a great
> book.
> Jamie
>
> Marcus Coltro wrote:
>
> > Very nice work and photos! Fresh water bivalves from this area are
> > very nice, and some are difficult
> > to identify. We use these publications
> >
> > Johnson, R.I. & Baker, H.B., 1973, The Types of Unionacea in the
> > Academy of Natural Sciences of
> > Philadelphia
> > Howells, R.G.; Neck, R.W. & Murray, H.D., 1996, Freshwater Mussels
> > of Texas
> > Parmalee, P.W. & Bogan, A.E., 1998, The Freshwater Mussels of
> > Tennessee
> >
> > And some net sources as
> > http://128.146.250.235/bivalves/  Dr. George Watters' page
> > http://members.aol.com/mkohl1/FWshells.html Martin Kohl's page
> > http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/MusselGenera.html Kevin Cumming's page
> > also
> > http://clade.acnatsci.org/mussel/
> >
> > The only thing that puzzles me is the usage of common names - every
> > single shell has it? I agree
> > that beginners have hard time learning Latin names, but when it
> > comes to a point where such work is
> > done I see no reason to use them, or at least not highlighted before
> > the scientific names.
> >
> > It raises a question: who gives these names to every single shell,
> > even to species that only one
> > specimen is known. Is there a place where these names are
> > registered? Anyone knows that?
> >
> > Marcus
> >
> >
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