Hi John, Leslie et all,

It is indead a serious effort to keep tracks of WRS of all shells. I must
admire Don's and Kim's patience to do this. The idea of putting it on-line,
however, appeals more to me than the on-line iconography we were talking
about earlier this week.
Would there not be any regulatory body, or other organization interested
enough to set this up ?
It will be a hell of a job to type them all in - not even mentionning typing
errors - but it seems to me that it could add to the science ...
Development of a site would be costly as well ... any ideas for funding ?

Chris

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Subject: World size records list on the Internet?


John
This is not likely to happen due to the tremendous amount of work involved.
Instead, it is published every couple years (usually at a net loss) by
various
authors.

Years ago, Robert J. L. Wagner & R. Tucker Abbott published one as a
part/supplement to:
 Wagner & Abbott's Standard Catalog of Shells 3rd Ed

Today, the international list is published by Kim Hutsell and Don Pisor as:
Hutsell & Pisor's Registry of World Record Size Shells, Snails Pace
Productions
The 4th Edition is due out any day.

Perhaps if they ever decide to cease this publication they will find someone
to
pick it up and go from there to the internet.

Leslie

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Is there a web site that lists present world size records for mollusks?
John Timmerman