Hi David,

The Indonesian volumes are new acquisitions for me and I'm finding them
useful.  There's a good range of marine, freshwater and landsnails, which is
rare.  As for taxonomy, I'm not qualified to comment! The photos are
reasonable with the added novelty of some really gaudy backgroud colours
(hot pink..lime green???). The text is in both Bahasa and English, though
it's apparent that there's a lot more detail in the Bahasa text. All the
introduction is in Bahasa alone. What is useful, apart from the range
covered, is the fact that multiple views are shown of many species.  Being
an internet purchase, I didn't know what exactly I had ordered, and have
been pleasantly surprised.

Kath Szabo


>From: David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Thai Murex and the new book
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:58:11 -0800
>
>Charlie,
>
>The Abbott book is fairly useful for its size. I think the Sri Lanka book
>is
>unreliable and the quality of the photos make them nearly useless.
>
>How are the Indonesia books?
>
>David
>
> > From: CHARLES F STURM <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:16:06 -0500
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Thai Murex and the new book
> >
> > David,
> > You wrote
> > "Nevertheless, the book is well worth the price and fills a huge hole in
> > the
> > general shell books available for the Indo-Pacific region. Up to now,
> > there's been no comprehensive book to cover any area between the Arabian
> > Gulf and the Philippines or Australia (that I know of)"
> >
> > Have you seen the following volumes
> > Abbott. 1991. Seashells of Southeast Asia
> > Dharma. 1988. Indonesian Shells; Volume 1
> > Dharma. 1992. Indonesian Shells; Volume 2
> > Kirtisinghe. 1978. Sea Shells of Sri Lanka.
> >
> > Though none of these works are "ideal", they do provide some coverage
>for
> > the region between Saudi Arabia and the eastern range of the
> > "Indo-Pacific" Region.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Charlie
> >
>******************************************************************************
> > Charlie Sturm, Jr
> > Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
> > Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
> > Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
> >
> > [log in to unmask]




Katherine Szabo
Archaeology and Natural History
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Australia
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


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