WEST COA 



I Rkvis 



J familiar description of the marine shells 

 found on the western coast of the United. States, 

 including Alaska, and of the land mollusks 

 inhabiting the adjacent regions, 



BY JOSIAH IvEEI» 



Professor of Geology, Mills College 



Jlso a chapter on the fresh water species of 

 the Pacific Slope, 



By HAROLD HANNIBAL 



Of Stanford University 



The earlier editions of this book were used 

 for many years by the students and collectors 

 of shells upon this Coast, and it contributed 

 in no small degree to the awakening" of an 

 interest in the subject which has become wide 

 spread, and which is well recognized in scien- 

 tific circles. The enlarged edition which was 

 published shortly before the great fire in San 

 Francisco shared the common fate of so man}- 

 Volumes in that conflagration, and since that 

 time the book has been out of print. 



Tt has been wholly revised and re-written, 

 and the publishers are happy to announce that 

 they are now ready to meet the demands 

 which have been accumulating during the past 

 years. Much new material has been added to 

 that of former editions, and the present book 



