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an} 4 ‘lot. He hoped it would become 
introduced to Bermuda by an pial ne Bo known Se er predator te mer 
a food item, but when it becam : 
aged to get himself transferred off the Bermuda run ; 
pring all of the available 
i Bill Old had to work fast to v 3 
Bete aes per books under the jen peciae vee ie Gcumsas mete 
‘ ped ; 
were 51 small Mitra that brought $255 2) oe Gonne- cedonulli, $14: a 
Voluta fulgetrum, $25; V. ab ssicola, Conus sow onl 
the most lusted-after shell of the day, 4 lemon-yellow Chlamys 
nobilis that went for $27. 
Lee and Frank Nelson again presided over the busy bargain table. 
specimen of Murex alabaster 
The two raffle prizes were a magnificent e 
and a copy, wen published, of Melvin's "1,000 Shells." The door 
prize was a copy of "The World of Shells," by Scase and Storey. 
Milton Werner, Recording Sec'y 
lee coer es moe ta 
sid cpu SIMON & SCHUSTER'S GUIDE TO SHELLS 
by Bruno Sabelli. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, Italy, 1979; 
translation by Thomas Snow and Neil Stratton edited by Harold Si 
Feinberg, Simon & Schuster, New York 1980. Size 5" x 7 3/4", 512pp., 
4230 color illustrations. Price $22.50 hard cover, $9.95 paperbound, 
The format of this book differs from that of an identification man- 
ual. After the 55 page introduction to malacology and conchology 
there follow five chapters each of which deals with genera that live 
in a particular type of habitat: (1) Soft surfaces (mud, sand, vege- 
tation), (2) Firm surfaces (rocks, gravel, shell beds), (3) Coral 
dwellers, (4) other marine, (5) Land and freshwater. Thus it tells 
the field coilector what might be found in various ecological areas. 
There are a total of 357 numbered entries, each treating a species 
(or a genus, or sometimes a family), consisting of a half-page of 
information: marginal diagrams indicate size, distribution and habi- 
tat; text describes the shell, gives biological information on the 
animal when known, and habitat and distribution, and on the facing 
page there is a color photograph of the shell under discussion. The 
entries are listed in alphabetical order rather than by family, thus 
Malea ringens, the Tun Shell, shares a page with the Hammer Oyster, 
Malleus albus. However, there is a classification table. The index 
lists both Latin and common names, especially helpful when there have 
Poche rope een in nomenclature, as in the Apple Murex (No. 152) 
ere is Chicoreus pomum while recen j i i 
Place it in the subgenus yllonotus.. % Amerie a 20> aan 
The color photographs are of good quality and include ab i 
204 : out thirty 
of living animals. The more than 357 shells discussed are the more 
aiiioon ne nt a ig a the worldwide shells, well represented 
ollections. us e book should a j C- 
tor as well as the field collector. ppeal to the arieh= 
Unfortunately there are always slips between editi ee 
we spotted three sets of photographs which had been tranepeeeaam 
entry no. 104, Smarginula and Hemitoma; no$ 193 and 194, the two 
species of Nerita; on pages 469 and 487, Spondylus pan ee pnd 
Carex Deaud. . Rorlowing the description of the family Melongenidas 
entry no. 70) the distribution information was twisted. It should 


