CHAPTER XII 



Guide to the 

 Molluscan Literature 



The literature dealing with mollusks is very extensive and widely scattered 

 in many journals and books. Since 1900, approximately 60,000 separate 

 articles on mollusks have appeared. Most of these are listed according to 

 author and subject matter in the Zoological Record (printed for the Zoologi- 

 cal Society of London and in its 86th volume). This valuable journal may 

 be found in any large museum or university library. The bibliography in- 

 cluded here is intended only as a guide or lead to the more important books 

 and articles dealing primarily with American marine mollusks. 



GENERAL TEXTS 



Bronn, H. G. 1 892-1940: KlasseJi und Ordnungeti des Tierreichs. Leipzig. Sev- 

 eral large volumes on biology and anatomy of mollusks. Technical. Monu- 

 mental work in German by H. Simroth, H. Hoffmann, F. Haas and others. 

 Large bibliographies. 



BuLLouGH, W. S. 1950: Practical Invertebrate Anatomy. 463 pp. Macmillan, 

 N.Y. Large section on anatomy and dissecting techniques (pp. 317-391, 34 

 figs.) on mollusks. 



Cooke, A. H. 1895: Mollusca. Volume 3 of the Cambridge Natural History 

 Series. 459 pp., 3 1 1 figs. Macmillan, N.Y. Very good, but out-of-date, gen- 

 eral introduction to mollusks. 



Johnston, G. 1850: An Introduction to Conchology. 614 pp., 102 figs. J. Van 

 Voorst, London. Interesting reading, history and lore, but very much out- 

 of-date. 



MacGinitie, G. E. and N. 1949: Natural History of Marine Aniinals. 473 pp. 

 McGraw-Hill, N.Y. Ecology and habits of marine mollusks, pp. 327-401. 



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