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Scholarpedia Treasure of Russian Shells Vol. 8
Nudibranchs of the World 2007 Cephalopods of the World 2005
The Shell: a world of decoration and ornament Snail Trail
Tentacle No. 16 A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands


Scholarpedia
A growing number of articles appear on the website Scholarpedia

(http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Main Page), including a number on Gastropod Neuroscience, but also, for example, Predators and Prey modelling. This is an expert-written and reviewed version of Wikipedia. A comprehensive article by Ronald Chase on gastropod reproductive behaviour appears at http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Gastropod_reproductive behavior.

Nudibranchs of the World 2007
Helmut Debelius and Rudie H Kuiter
362 pages hardcover. >2500 photos illustrating 1180 species.
ISBN-13: 978393976060 £40/$80/€E54
IKAN Unterwasserarchiv

The Shell: a world of decoration and ornament
Ingrid Thomas 2007.
Hardback, 12.5 x 9.75”, 256 pages. $65.
ISBN 978-0-500-51357-6
Thames and Hudson, London.


Tentacle No. 16
The latest 34 page full colour issue of Tentacle, the newsletter of the IUCN –Species Survival Commission – Mollusc Specialist Group is now available, free, on the web at http://www.hawaii.edu/cowielab/


Treasure of Russian Shells Vol. 8 Ellobioidei: Cassidulidae, Leucophytidae, Carychiidae 2007
Roman V. Egorov
34 pages, >50 figures, maps of 9 species and subspecies, descriptions , synonymy, type material data, distribution and ecology. Price $20 + postage. http://webcenter.ru/~colus


A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands 2006 (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Reunion) and the Northern Dependencies of Mauritius.
Owen L Griffiths and Vincent FB Florens.
185 pages, Over 270 illus. for 250 species, with descriptions, distribution and status data. Bioculture Press.
ISBN-10: 999492205X Hardback. £58/$120/€80.


Cephalopods of the World 2005 Vol. 1 Chambered nautiluses and Sepioids.
FAO species catalogue for Fisheries purposes Series 4/1
An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.

Edited by P Jereb and CFE Roper.
262 pages, line drawings, distribution maps colour plates, covering 201 species.
ISBN-10: 9251053839 softcover £36/$72/€49
Food and Agriculture Organisation

Snail Trail
An adventure novel about giant African snails for children 7-11 (see also page 2).
Information and ordering through www.madaboutsnailbooks.com