The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is pleased to announce the
publication of a new monograph entitled

Bivalve Seashells of Western North America
Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California

by

Eugene V. Coan
Paul Valentich Scott
and Frank R. Bernard

Full information is available at: http://www.sbnature.org/atlas/bivbook.htm
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        The Bivalve Seashells of Western North America is the most
comprehensive book ever written on Pacific Ocean bivalves.

        The culmination of an eleven year study, it treats all bivalve
mollusks living from northern Baja California, Mexico to Arctic Alaska. A
total of 472 species are described and illustrated with detailed photographs
and drawings. All habitats in the region are included from the intertidal
splash zone to the abyssal depths of the ocean basins.

The book has over 4,800 complete bibliographic references to the bivalves
including citations on the biology, physiology, ecology, and taxonomy of
this commercially and biologically important group. Character tables and
dichotomous keys assist the reader in identification. Also included in the
764 page text is an illustrated key to the superfamiles of the region, and a
complete glossary.

        This is a "must have" publication for malacologists, libraries,
shellfishery and environmental
scientists, and interested amateurs.


For further information contact:
Paul Valentich Scott
Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 USA
Phone 805-682-4711, ext 319 * fax 805-569-3170 * email [log in to unmask]
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