Thanks Fabio,
That's excellent news on both fronts, and I greatly appreciate
the PDF file of corrections. I'm glad to know you are working
on the Gulf project, and an update to the Jean Andrews book.
Something on the scope of the Kay book is a monumental under-
taking, and a tremendous contribution to those of us interested
in Indo-Pacific shells. An updated version will be very valuable,
and should require a lot less effort than doing it from scratch...
even though it will still take a lot of work. I'm working through
the book again now, and I'll send you my opinions/thoughts soon
on some of the species that are, or may be, misidentified.
Cheers,
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabio Moretzsohn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Hawaiian Marine Shells Errata
> Dear Don and Conch-L'ers
>
> The update on Kay's "Hawaiian Marine Shells" that you mentioned was done
> for
> a class that Dr. Kay taught when I was her graduate student at the
> University of Hawaii. The list corrected a few of the errors from her
> book,
> and updated some taxonomical changes that occurred since her 1979 book. It
> was distributed to all who attended the 1995 AMU meeting in Hilo, Hawaii,
> but it was never published. I have that list in a PDF format that I can
> send
> to anyone who requests it, since this list does not allow attachments.
>
> I was Dr. Kay's last graduate student; she is an Emeritus Professor, and
> still maintains an office at the University of Hawaii, but I understand
> she
> is not too active now. Upon my graduation, I worked at the Bishop Museum,
> the publisher of her book, and they had (have) an interest in producing a
> second edition of Kay's classic book, long out of print, but they did not
> have money them. I am still interested in helping Dr. Kay on producing a
> second edition, just don't know when it will happen. Therefore, I would
> like
> to receive any corrections or new records on Hawaiian marine molluscs.
>
> Now I work at the new Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies,
> Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas. I am currently working on a
> checklist of the marine molluscs of the Gulf, which will be part of a
> book,
> Biota of the Gulf of Mexico, with more than 100 expert taxonomists. I am
> also helping Noe Barrera, Dr. Wes Tunnell, and the late Roe Davenport, on
> their upcoming Texas Seashells book, which is a welcome update to Jean
> Andrews' "Shells and Shores of Texas" (1977). The new book will almost
> triple the number of species from Texas, with nearly 800 species.
>
> Cheers,
> Fabio
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Fabio Moretzsohn, Ph.D.
> Post Doctoral Research Associate
> Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies
> Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
> 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869
> Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869
> Phone: (361) 825-3230
> Fax: (361) 825-2050
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>
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