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fortpostageselould:be'adied to the pricessquoted which axe: from 
their listing of October 1979: 
from Jefferson County, 
s Wi uscan Faunas ) 
tpn as es Eo. OS ait G. Browne and Donald E. McDonald, 
August 5, 1960. 24DDe; 4 pls., $1.25. 
\ $ in Molluscan Faunas from Henderson County, 
bt ai atid re eoeky. Ruth G. Browne and Pamela li. Bruder. 
June 255 1968. 85 PPes 3 pls.; 922256 
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A MAJOR ACQUISITION OF SHELLS RECEIVED BY AMNH 
valuable collection of worldwide cone 
the American Museum of Natural 
nyan of Margate, New Jersey. The 
collection consists of approximately 2,200 specimens representing 
more than 400 species, some new to the Museum's previous holdings. 
The Munyans acquired the collection during the past 25 years by 
selective purchase from dealers and by personal collecting trips 
to Africa, Australia and the South Seas. fhe collection is rich 
in growth series, rare color forms, and unique specimens such as 
morphological freaks, The Munyan collection, considered by spe- 
cialists as one of the finest private collections of Conidae in 
the world, considerably enhances the Museum's taxonomic and geo- 
graphical representation of this family of marine gastropods. 
William K. Emerson 
October 3rd, 1930 
A large and scientifically 
shells was generously donated to 
History by Thomas and Virginia Mu 
allU COMMITTEE SEEKS INFORMATION ON DORMANT COLLECTIOUS 
The AlTU Council of Systematic Malacologists has established a "Con- 
mittee for Relocating Unused and Unwanted Malacological Collections" 
eae Committee). The main functions of the ad hoc committee are: 
1) to investigate the status of dormant collections, both private 
and institutional, and (2) to follow national guidelines for malaco- 
logical collections to find the best repository for the unwanted 
collections. 
Your help in letting both private and institutional keepers of the 
dormant collection know of our activity is greatly appreciated. 
Furthermore, if you know of any dormant malacological collections, 
please notify me at the following address: 
Shi-Kuei Wu, Chairman RIMC Committee 
Museum —- Box 218 
University of Colorado 
Boulder, Colorado 80309 
(As announced in Texas CONCHOLOGIS? XVI(4):104, July 1980.) 
Le 
REVIEWS : 
* The following book reviews by Hans Bertsch f Ha- 
rine Invertebrates, San Diego Natural History Museum, appearedralethe 
FESTIVUS XI1(6) 80-81, June 1980, of the San Diego Shell Club, Inc. 

