
NeW _YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No.263 _June-July-Aug. 1980 Page 
read that the pictured Melongena and Busycon 
i i i = are i 
province while Surinx lives in the pisleatian, We noted = eh 
graphical errors, the most serious one being Tatcheria for Thatch- 
ezia, thus putting no. 117 slightly out of order alphabetically. 
There may be additional variances -- we did not ec 
ili i omb h 
eee sonst as Maen che, packerqund of all the families -- but those 
slips no > do not detract from the usef 
whose interest is of a general nature. URRAE (HO aA RS GOH 
Dorothy Raeihle 

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLICATIONS: 
PATHWAYS IN MALACOLOGY 
The invited lectures of the sixth international congress of Unitas 
Malacologica Europaea held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 15- 
20, 1977. Eleven papers review present-day knowledge of some of the 
most important branches in malacology: J. Lever, On torsion in gas- 
tropods; N. H. Verdonk, Symmetry and asymmetry in the embryonic de- 
velopment; A.S.M. Saleuddin, Shell formation; C. M. Yonge, Cementa- 
tion in the bivalvia; J. Joosse, Hormones in molluscs; M. J. Wells, 
Brain en behaviour in Octopus vulgaris; A.deZwaan, Energy metabolism 
in molluscs; Marie-Louise Fumestin, Planktonic molluscs as indica- 
tors; J. Knudsen, Deep-sea bivalves; Alan Solem, A theory of land 
snail biogeographic patterns through time; Emile A. Malek, Control 
of snail hosts of schistosomiasis. 300 p., clothbound. 
Pathways in Malacology Dfl. 149,--($75) (ISBN 9031303194) Publisher: 
Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, P.O. Box 24, 7400 GS Deventer, The Nether- 
lands. 
The price of $75 US is subject to exchange rates. 
(Publisher's announcement) 
INDO-PACIFIC MOLLUSCA 
Numbers 1 through 5 of Volume 1 are out of print. The remaining 
numbers, No. 6 of Vol. 1, April 1965, through No. 17 of Vol. 3, 
Sept. 1976, are still available, either singly, or as a set with 
binders and guide tabs. Prices of the numbers vary according to 
the number of pages. For detailed information write to the Delaware 
Museum of Natural History, ».O. Box 3937, Greenville, Delaware 19807. 
MONOGRAPHS OF MARINE MOLLUSCA 
Number 1, December 1978, "The Family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific" 
by R. S. Houbrick. 128 pp., $17.50. Available from the publisher, 
American Malacologists, Inc., P.O. Box 2255, Melbourne, Florida 32901. 
SHELLS, 
An Illustrated Guide to a Timeless and Fascinating World, by Mary 3 
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