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As Gary points out Reid's book is narrow in scope. It does not deal with
"Littorina" irrorata, a common species of the east coast of the US, either
as he puts this species in a different genus.
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Clinical Instructor - Family Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Gary Rosenberg wrote:
> David Reid's book is excellent, but it won't answer the question about the
> Caribbean littorinids. Reid treats only Littorina in the strict sense,
> whereas the species that Phil Poland inquired about are now in the genus
> Nodilittorina.
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> >If one is interested in the Littorina I would recommend getting a copy of
> >Systematics and Evolution of Littorina by David G. Reid published in 1996.
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