This is very good news indeed! After all, three years is nothing to wait
after waiting 26 years since the last edition!

David Kirsh
Durham.NC


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>From: bivalve <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: American Seashells-3rd edition new update
>Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2000, 8:13 PM
>

>I emailed Dr. Harasewych about a couple of things and asked about the book
>as well.  It sounds as though the new camera is very helpful.  Here is his reply:
>
>As for American Seashells, it is progressing, although not as rapidly as
>some would like.  I do have a day job that requires me to devote my time to
>research other than American Seashells.  In terms of geographic coverage,
>it will span San Diego northward, include Arctic Canada and Greenland, then
>down the coast around Florida and include the entire Gulf of Mexico to the
>tip of Yucatan.  Faunas of Cuba, the Bahamas and the rest of the Caribbean
>are not included.  Bathymetric distribution spans from the supratidal to 2000 m.
>My guess is another 3 years before it is ready for the publisher.  What is
>occupying most of my time now is reshooting all of the images, which takes
>a lot of time.  I just got a new digital camera {Nikon D1} which speeds
>things up enormously.  The old Leaf Lumina took 3-12 minutes per exposure.
>Cheers,
>Jerry
>
>
>
>Dr. David Campbell
>    "Old Seashells"
>
>    NEW ADDRESS AS OF 8/21/00
>    Biology Department
>    Saint Mary's College of Maryland
>    18952 E. Fisher Road
>    St. Mary's City, MD  20686-3001 USA
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>
>    "He had discovered an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus"-E. A. Poe,
>The Gold Bug