DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF MOLLUSKS OF THE FAMILY TURRITIDAE FROM THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA AND ADJACENT REGIONS.
by Dall, William Healey
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Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp1-86, plus twenty-four plates, each containing an average of nine examples. Removed from PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOLUME 56, 1920. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Embossed library stamp on first page, else VG. In plastic report covers. From the author's introductory notes: "In going over the material in the United States National Museum a large number of new forms were discovered, and their description forms the subject of this paper A few of the species of Doctor Carpenter are now figured for the first time from his types. In all somewhat over 200 species are considered, of which 181 are new. Of these 93 belong to the fauna of the western coast of the United States from the Arctic Ocean to San Diego, California, including one species from our Hawaiian territory. Eleven species belong to the west coast of South America and its faunal connection, the Galapagos Islands; 89 belong to the Panamic fauna and its northern extension into the Gulf of California and the shores of the Californian peninsula.".
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- Dall, William Healey
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