Marine Shells of Northeast Florida
by Harry G. Lee
This book is based on collections made by over 50 members and friends of the Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc. over a span of more than 35 years. This work treats 804 species of marine and estuarine mollusks, many reported from the region for the first time and several new to science. All taxa are illustrated, a substantial number in color. Glossy paperback 6.75 by 9 inches, 204 pages of text plus an additional 19 pages filled with color images. This is a must-have book for identifying marine shells occurring near the coast from Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral as well as the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico from S.W. Florida to W. Yucatan.
Comments on the book:
“What a great resource! This will undoubtedly be slightly dog-eared before our Keys gastropod volume is completed.” Dr. Rudiger Bieler, Field Museum of Natural History.
”Wonderful! There is so much new and exciting information in it. I cannot stop reading.” Marien Faber, Duivendrecht, Netherlands.
”... magnificent shell book ... I love the color plates as well as the thorough bibliography. ”Dr. Douglas S. Jones, Director, Florida Museum of Natural History.
”What a magnificent contribution to regional malacology!” Dr. Jon Greenlaw, Tampa, FL.
”I can tell it is a labor of love, and one that will surely prove to be extremely valuable in our daily ID chores at the Museum! Dr. José Leal, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel, FL.
”I’m sure I will be using your important contribution to Malacology for years to come!” Dr. Fabio Moretzsohn, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
”Just chock full of all the obscure and hard to identify mollusks. Great job!” Phil Poland, Clearwater, FL.
”I am sure that I will employ it many times as important geographic and taxonomic information. Dr. Emilio Rolán, Vigo, Spain.
”What a treat to see photos of shells I know, and to learn a great deal more about species I had no idea even existed. Hours of fascinating reading.” Karen van der Ven, University of Pittsburgh.
“... this is the best and the most important work done on the shells of this area since they were last covered by Abbott in his American Seashells.” Robert Janowsky, MdM Shell Books, Wellington, FL.
” ... excellent book, and it is a real treasury of information... It’s a big book pretending to be a little book. ”Susan Hewitt, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
BOOK REVIEW by Emilio F. Garcia, PhD in The Nautilus <http://www.jaxshells.org/ms19.pdf>
BOOK REVIEW by Thomas Eichhorst, Editor of American Conchologist <http://www.jaxshells.org/tii.pdf>
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