I haven't got ten, but the following :
- Dance's Eyewitness
- Lindner's book on European seashells
- the compendium
- Wilson's Australian marine shells
- Pope & Gotto European seashells
and one which is not only related to shells but marine live : Pocket
guide sea of Britain & Northen Europe, Hayward P., Nelson-Smith T.,
Shields C.

and websites Nancy Smith has added.

Sophie

>Helmut,
>   I do not know if you saw my request for information about what books,
>articles, monographs each of us finds most useful for the type of work that
>we do.  I would like your recommendations for the 10 or so most useful
>books that you use for European and/or terrestrial gastropods.  When I get
>all of the replies to this survey I will put them together and post them
>back to the list.
>   Welcome back, lay low for awhile, and take it easy for awhile.
>
>Take care
>
>Charlie Sturm, Jr.


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