I have a large private collection from the 'South Pacific' -
I like to say mid Pacific - that of the date line and the equator.
Kwajalein Atoll. The following books are some of the primary resources
I used in sorting out our 400+ (to be expanded later by work) collection(s).
................
Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan Tetsuaki Kira
Japan M. (shell society) Hoikusha Book in Japanese No number 1959
Shells of the Western Pacific in Color Vol. I
English edition of T. Kira Chairman of the Malacological Society of Japan
Hoikusha 1965
Shells of the Western Pacific in Color Vol. II
English edition of T. Kira Chairman of the Malacological Society of Japan
Hoikusha 1964
..............
The last time I looked, the English edition of Kira-san's books are on
Amazon.
We had the first book in Japanese for a number of years due to the
isolation of ourselves.
It remains a cornerstone resource. The English versions are expanded and
improved.
My 'loan' display shell set and my books are presently at the public
library. I'm proud to say
that the display brought a sectional front page on the collection and
being the show of the
summer. :-)
I'll add more of my books from time to time and I hope to be able to
help more.
I started collecting in 1963 and collection is composed of 11 years of
collecting at that site.
We just repacked the master storage collection (small U-Haul size) into
archive boxes.
And sadly, if I had the lettering post some of your names during those
years you might see
" Oliva carneola kwajaleinensis " under our family name. Since it was in
our hands prior to 1966. Such is life.
Martin
Harry G. Lee wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> The Vietnam book has essentially no micro's, and
> the Chinese one has a few. The latter is so full
> of errors as to render it useless.
>
> The Okutani book is roughly 50 times more
> valuable than most assortments of pop books at an equivalent composite
> price.
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 08:35 PM 7/25/2007, you wrote:
>> Dear Harry,
>>
>> What a pleasant surprise! Thanks so much for
>> completing the ID of this Rissoina series, which has been up for 8
>> months.
>>
>> I'm becoming more aware of how valuable the
>> Okutani book is for IDing Indo-Pacific shells.
>> However, the 3 copies listed on abebooks (at
>> different stores) are going for 440, 490 and 551
>> dollars respectively. The Higo, Callomon and
>> Goto is a mere $242 (I know even less about it).
>>
>> I see you got a hold of the Robba, et al (2003)
>> book on Thai shells. It seems careful in its
>> treatment of mollusks of the northern Gulf of
>> Thailand. The Swennen, et al (2001) is less so
>> on the southern Gulf of Thailand but still
>> worthwhile. The vexing thing is to have two
>> recent books essentially on mud-bottom Gulf
>> shells but none on reef (or other habitat) Thai shells from either
>> coast.
>>
>> Maybe the Vietnam book by Thach (2005) or the
>> China book by Qi Zhongyan (2004) include micros?
>>
>> David Kirsh
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Jul 24, 2007 5:49 PM
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: Rissoid ID's
>> >
>> >Dear David and other listers,
>> >
>> >David has posted some interesting unknowns on the LTS website.
>> >
>> >Since the rissoinines at
>> ><http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?showtopic=410>
>>
>> >are nice specimens (well, 4 outta 5), the photo's are quite
>> >serviceable, and I have recently worked on the Indo-Pacific members
>> >of this group, I'll offer my ideas as to their ID:
>> >
>> > From top to bottom:
>> >(1) Rissoina (Phosinella) tornatilis Gould, 1861. Matches lectotype
>> >(Johnson, 1964: 160; pl. 14, fig. 5; Higo, Callomon, and Goto 2001:
>> >G939). The species figured by Cernohorsky, Okutani, and by Chang and
>> >Wu is not the same.
>> >
>> >(2) Rissoina (Apataxia) cerithiformis Tryon, 1887 Type of subgenus
>> >(as Apataxia erecta Laseron, 1956, a synonym). Long treatment in
>> >Sleurs, 1993. Most popular books have this one correct (at least as a
>> >synonym hereof)
>> >
>> >(3) Rissoina (Rissoina) tenuistriata Pease, 1868 See Cernohorsky
>> >1978: 46; pl. 12, fig. 3. [R. modesta Gould, 1861 is close but shape
>> >of aperture and spire differ; holotype Johnson, 1964: 111; pl. 13,
>> fig 7]
>> >
>> >(4) Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua (Gould, 1849) Numerous synonyms; wide
>> >range. Many books have it correct.
>> >
>> >(5) Rissoina (Rissolina) plicata A. Adams, 1853 Higo, Callomon, and
>> >Goto (2001: G935) show a wave-worn syntype about as bad as yours.
>> >
>> >These works helped me in this little project:
>> >
>> >Cernohorsky, W.O., 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Pacific
>> >Publications, Sydney. 1-352, 68 pls.
>> >
>> >Higo, S., P. Callomon, and Y. Goto, 2001. Catalogue and bibliography
>> >of the marine shell-bearing mollusca of Japan Gastropoda - Bivalvia -
>> >Polyplacophora - Scaphopoda. Type figures Elle Publications, Osaka.
>> >pp. 1-208, incl. numerous color figures.
>> >
>> >Okutani, T. (editor), 2000. Marine Shells in Japan. Tokai Univ.
>> >Press, Tokyo. xlvii + pp. 1-1173 + ii, incl color 542 pls., + several
>> >color vignettes in forepp.
>> >
>> >Ponder, W. F., 1984. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae
>> >(Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian
>> >Museum supplement 4: 1-221.
>> >
>> >Robba, E., I. DiGeronimo, N. Chaimanee, M. Negri, and R. Sanfilippo,
>> >2002 Holocene and Recent soft-bottom mollusks from the northern Gulf
>> >of Thailand area: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, additions to Bivalvia. La
>> >Conchiglia 309 supplement: Yearbook 2003.
>> 1-288 (incl. 371 full p. B&W pls.).
>> >
>> >Sleurs, W.J.M., 1993. A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina
>> >(Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Ailinsebina), and R.
>> >(Pachyrissoina) Bull. l'Inst. Royal des sciences naturelles de
>> >Belgique Biologie 63: 71-135.
>> >
>> >Sleurs, W.J.M., 1996. A revision of the recent species of the genus
>> >Stosicia (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Academiae
>> Analecta Brussels 58(1): 115-158.
>> >
>> >Swennen, C., R. G. Moolenbeek, N. Ruttanadakul, H. Hobbelink, H.
>> >Dekker, and S. Hajisamae, 2001. The mollusca of the southern Gulf of
>> >Thailand. The Biodiversity Research and Training Program, Bangkok. ix
>> >+ 1-210 (incl. 44 full p. color plates) + {i].
>> >
>> >Harry
>>
>>
>> “My mother had to explain that one couldn't
>> compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece
>> of music that Liszt himself had composed.” -- Sergei Prokofiev
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