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formative chapter on oyster and mussel can in mete ae 
f the book -- the major part -- is divided 
Mee the antisite found in seaweed, on rocks, in estuaries, in 
sand, and in the open sea. Here useful hints for collecting are 
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given. 
. f the area covered, it; 
h this book is limited in the scope oO ; : is 
Senin to sect shell enthusiast who has left a pti corner of 
curiosity open for the animals that form the objects of his or her 
+ devoted and experienced col. 
2 i in mos 
devotion I think this takes mselves to shells alone, the 
i hose who limit the : 
lectors. And for thos is of value in arranging for exchanges with 
identification section 1 : : 
European collectors and for excursions to the area itself. 
One last note: Nassarius reticulatus, the Dog whelk, because it 
concentrates on scavenging dea animals, 1s called in this book 
"The dustman of the sea." Dustman igs British English for a garbage 
collector, and a dustbin there is a garbage can here. 
The book may be obtained by writing to American Malacologists, P.0, 
Box 2255, Melbourne, Florida 32901. The price of the book is $8.95 
but there is a discount for shell clubs who buy in bulk. 
M. K. Jacobson 

THE LIST OF LAST RESORT 
is the title of a report in NATURAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE for Dec.-Jan, 
1980 (Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 12-17). The article mentions that there 
are 486 foreign and 239 domestic species endangered, of which 166 
are listed by their common names and include 25 domestic mollusks 
and one crustacean. The mollusks listed are land and freshwater: 
the Iowa Pleistocene Snail, the Virginia fringed mountain snail, 
18 Pearly Mussels, 4 Pigtoe, and one Tan riffle shell clam. The one 
crustacean was interesting to us in that we reported its discovery 
about two years ago in NOTES 242.6. This 4" isopod of Socorro, 
found in a pipe in a thermal spring, "may be an important link be- 
tween salt water animals and those that live in fresh water." New 
Mexico promptly requested that it be put on the endangered list that 
hopefully it might survive at least until studies are made. 
Another interesting note bears on ecological balance: Abalone fish- 
ermen resent the sea otter for its occasional meal of abalone. Bui 
included in the list of favorite foods of the otter are the sea ur- 
chins that prey on young abalones. 
dr 

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