Dear Friends,
I received this message and thought that there are certainly people
on this list that could help her out. Wow, messages from a sailboat
in the ocean. I wish I were there!
Kevin
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>From: "patti costar" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: mollusk/gastropod textbooks
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:38:52 -0000
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>Dear Prof. Cummings,
>
>I write this letter to you in hopes that you can help me. I am
>currently in the Society Islands slowly heading west and then south
>to New Zealand on a 50' sailboat. I have been collecting shells and
>getting the information that is necessary to make them useful for
>anyone else interested, but I really do not have a good book that
>explains the structure and habits of the different types of
>mollusks, primarily gastropods. I have a friend who is coming from
>Chicago on June 11 and she could bring me a book or books. I would
>really like to be better informed. Just by looking I can see the
>differences, but some of them seem to be nuances. I have the
>following books:
> Peterson Field Guide - Pacific Coast Shells by Percy Morris
> Eyewitness Handbooks - Shells by S. Peter Dance
> Conchs, Tibia, and Harps by Jerry G. Walls
> Compendium of Seashells by R. Tucker Abbott and S. Peter Dance.
>I do not have anything that explains the structure and differences,
>except maybe Conchs, Tibias and Harps, and even that does not give
>all the basic info. Is there a text book that exists, or
>combination of books? I really have a passion and would like to
>know more.
>
>Thank you for helping, if you can.
>
>Sincerely, Patricia Costar, s/v Tania, Raiatea, French Polynesia
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Kevin S. Cummings
Illinois Natural History Survey
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