Leslie,

There is a brief explanation of why the third volume in the Cernorsky series
has a different title inside the book itself.  Here is what it says in the
"Author's Foreword" in my copy  of Tropical Pacific Marine Shells:

""TROPICAL Pacific Marine Shells" is a continuation of the third volume of
"Marine Shells of the Pacific" volumes I and II published in 1967 and 1972
respectively.  Because of confusion among collectors between volumes I and
II, the title of this third volume has been changed to "Tropical Pacific
Marine Shells" at the publisher's request."

This may be the explanation Mr. Petit remembers.  I recall that I was
somewhat puzzled at the wording of this explanation because I was never
confused about the two earlier volumes.  Each is quite different in
appearance (i.e. the first volume is half as thick as the second,  the dust
jackets are completely different colors - white and black, the layout of the
book is different in each volume and they are titled differently).  Because
of these clear-cut differences between volumes I and II, it is hard for me
to imagine general confusion between the volumes.

Warm regards,

Bill

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----- Original Message -----
From: Leslie Allen Crnkovic <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 11:57 PM
Subject: Cernorsky, and Verrill & Bush Volumes Q&A


> (Excerpts from some Publications Q&A between Dick Petit & Leslie Allen
> Crnkovic)
>
> Question 1:
> I have always heard that there were 3 volumes to his work.
>     If this is Volume 1
>         Walter Cernorsky 1967/1971  - Marine Shells of the Pacific, 2nd
Ed,
> Pacific Publications
>     And this is Volume 2
>         Walter Cernorsky 1972  - Marine Shells of the Pacific, Volume II,
> Pacific Publications
>     Is this Volume 3?
>         Walter Cernorsky  1978 - Tropical Pacific Marine Shells Ed,
Pacific
> Publications
>
> Answer 1:
>     You are correct on the Cernohorsky titles.  I remember reading
somewhere
> a long time
>     ago the reason why the last one was titled slightly different and is
not
> specifically  "Vol III"
>     but right off all I remember is that the reason didn't make much sense
> to me at the time...
>
> Question 2:
> Was there ever a part 2, Gastropoda, etc. published for this?
>     Verrill & Bush 1898 - Revision of the Deep-water Mollusca of the
> Atlantic Coast of North America
>     with Descriptions of New Genera & Species, Part I Bivalvia,
Smithsonian
> Institute,
>     from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol XX, pp
> 775-901 # 1139
>
> Answer 2:
>     No.  There was never a gastropod sequel or a volume 2 to the Verrill &
> Bush
>     Revision of the Deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic Coast of N. A.
> Bivalve paper.
>     Both of them published numerous papers on gastropods over the years,
>     but  nothing that would be a companion to the Bivalve volume.
>