Dear Don and Conch-L'ers
The update on Kay's "Hawaiian Marine Shells" that you mentioned was done for
a class that Dr. Kay taught when I was her graduate student at the
University of Hawaii. The list corrected a few of the errors from her book,
and updated some taxonomical changes that occurred since her 1979 book. It
was distributed to all who attended the 1995 AMU meeting in Hilo, Hawaii,
but it was never published. I have that list in a PDF format that I can send
to anyone who requests it, since this list does not allow attachments.
I was Dr. Kay's last graduate student; she is an Emeritus Professor, and
still maintains an office at the University of Hawaii, but I understand she
is not too active now. Upon my graduation, I worked at the Bishop Museum,
the publisher of her book, and they had (have) an interest in producing a
second edition of Kay's classic book, long out of print, but they did not
have money them. I am still interested in helping Dr. Kay on producing a
second edition, just don't know when it will happen. Therefore, I would like
to receive any corrections or new records on Hawaiian marine molluscs.
Now I work at the new Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas. I am currently working on a
checklist of the marine molluscs of the Gulf, which will be part of a book,
Biota of the Gulf of Mexico, with more than 100 expert taxonomists. I am
also helping Noe Barrera, Dr. Wes Tunnell, and the late Roe Davenport, on
their upcoming Texas Seashells book, which is a welcome update to Jean
Andrews' "Shells and Shores of Texas" (1977). The new book will almost
triple the number of species from Texas, with nearly 800 species.
Cheers,
Fabio
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Fabio Moretzsohn, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869
Phone: (361) 825-3230
Fax: (361) 825-2050
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From: "Don Barclay" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:03 PM
Subject: Hawaiian Marine Shells Errata
> Hello Conch-L'ers,
>
> Once upon a time several different people commented on
> Conch-L about errata in Kay's "Hawaiian Marine Shells."
> Bob Dayle still has a list of errata for this book on his web
> site, although I understand there were at least a couple
> versions of errata published for this book, including a 23-
> page update by Kay & Moretzsohn that was distributed
> at the 1995 AMU meeting. Does someone have this
> update handy, or know if it's available on the web? As
> I've worked through this book several times, I've come
> across quite a few obvious ID errors, and I'm curious
> whether those were corrected in the update mentioned
> above, or if someone has a list of ID corrections that goes
> beyond changes in genera or gender changes to the names?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Don
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Moretzsohn, F. & E. A. Kay 1995. Hawaiian Marine Molluscs -- An update to
> Kay, 1979. University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hololulu. 23 pp.
>
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