Hi

Check his brilliant book A Natural History of Shells (1993, Princeton
University Press).

Alex

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That would be GJ Vermeij.  Also amazingly, he did shell morphometric work
in the 1970s, probably most important for developing a method to quickly
measure Raupian parameters off real shells.

Cheers,
Nicholas Johnson

The University of Chicago
Committee on Evolutionary Biology

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Stemke Douglas wrote:

> Along the lines of blind shell collectors I recall once seeing a brief
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determine preditory activity in ancient seas.  Amazing that through his
fingertips he gathered all the information necessary for his research.
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