one of the most consise books on caribbean conus is written by matt grote,
i am priveleged to own a copy, i just wish he would do a CD-Rom on world
wide conus,,,hey matt if your listening merry christmas and lets do that
book, i've got the conus for the GIF's
 
 
At 09:03 AM 12/22/97 -1000, you wrote:
>Shell book users:
>
>For the new year, what would you ask for in new shell books?  Subject,
>content, etc.
>
>For myself, what is desirable is books on a genus or family done
>thoroughly.  There are sufficient general world-wide books now.
>The books should contain photos adequate for identification of your
>shells.  This means adequate size and views.  Making illustration sizes
>proportional to actual size makes ID of small shells next to impossible.
> Accurate written descriptions are very valuable, but the descriptions
>should at least be applicable to the illustration.  How many times have
>you seen the description say the shell is cylindrical when the
>illustration shows a very ovate to round shell.
>
>Aloha, Mele Kalikimaka,
>
>Wes
>
>