San Francisco, CA, The California Academy of Sciences, 1949. Large 8vo. 76 pp.; six plates, four text figures. Blue patterned boards. Gilt title on the spine. = A major revision- well-illustrated. This is the Academy's Proceedings, volume XXVI, with several unrelated paper, including the following on Mollusca: Yen, T. C. (1948). Notes on land and freh-water mollusks of Chekiang province, China (31 pp., plate); Smith, A. G. and M. Gordon (1948). The marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay, California, and vicinity (99 pp., two plates, 4 text figures). Both with several new species. Stamp on front pastedown and lower margin of the general title page, otherwise clean. A very good copy.

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Bookseller: Antiquariaat Schierenberg (NL)
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Title: West American mollusks of the genus Conus.
Author: Hanna, G. D. and A. M. Strong
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover

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