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ISSN 0747-6078 December, 1986 Vol. 18, No. 12

Shelling in Truk Lagoon.

Charles E. Bowen.

California State Polytechnic University, Chemistry Department, 3801 West Temple Ave., Pomona, California 91768

Haliotis pustulate Photo by C.E. Bowen

Six thousand miles southwest of Los Angeles,
California, at 7 degrees north latitude, is a 40-
mile long atoll called Truk Lagoon. The lagoon
and its more than a dozen islands were the site
of one of America's greatest naval battles in
World War II. More than 40 Japanese ships lie
on the bottom of the lagoon. Although it is
now illegal to remove anything attached to the
ships, including shells, the numerous coral reefs
nearby support a variety of mollusks that can be
collected by the adventurous sheller.

Diving near the wrecks within Truk Lagoon is
vastly different from California kelp bed diving.
With water temperatures of 85°F in the lagoon,
a full wetsuit is unnecessary. The visibility in
some locations exceeds 100 feet with only a
slight current, (e.g. I was able to stand upright
on a horizontal deck pipe at 35 feet without
hand support.)

The fluted oyster, Lopha cristaqualli is a
familiar sight on the wrecks. It can support a
surprisingly massive coral structure on the
moveable valve and when disturbed this bivalve
closes and an entire colony of coral polyps is
set into motion, quite a sight. Perusal of the
wreck’s overgrown superstructure reveals a
variety of murex, triton and top shells.

On one dive, an abalone shell, Haliotis
pustulata, was discovered, which could be the
most eastern extension of this species' range
reported. According to Clark Graham, manag-
er of Micronesia Aquatics at Truk, abalone are
relatively scarce in Truk Lagoon.

Scuba divers aren’t the only ones in Truk
Lagoon to obtain a variety of interesting shells.
By walking or snorkeling the reef, cowries,

cones, top shells and many other mollusks can
be found. Two animals indigenous to the
shallow lagoon water are Conus distans and the
finger shell, Lambis crocata.

After a day of shelling, snorkeling and
sightseeing, I would return to my room in the
late afternoon. In the afternoon, small wooden
outriggers carry native snorkelers to the edge of
the reef where they were visible from my
second floor room. As many as 11 people
have been seen to fit in the small, wooden
vessels. The Truks are carried between the
islands in 18-foot boats with 50-horsepower
outboards.

Conus distans Photo by C.E. Bowen

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Lambis crocata Photo by C.E. Bowen

New fishy
home for
mollusks.

R. Tucker Abbott

P.0. Box 2255, Melbourne, FL 32902

Rarely does one discover an entirely new
association between mollusks and members of
another phylum, much less a vertebrate, but
recently a young biology couple, while scuba
diving in Okinawa, found a dorid nudibranch
seaslug that attaches itself to the fins of a goby
fish.

When the shadows of the afternoon lengthen
a single large bat begins its evening ritual.
This flying mammal of the night freely flitted
from tree to tree in search of some unseen
object. As the light grew dimmer and the night
sounds became more distinct, I could hear the
scurrying of the the green lizards in the palm
trees, interrupted occasionally by the kissing
sounds made by the everpresent geckos. The
coconut crabs, whose holes were everywhere,
would now commence their nocturnal adventur-
es. During daylight, these crustaceans are
seen only briefly since they are very wary.

All too soon it was time to take the shuttle bus
to the airport. After a 15 minute ride, we
arrived at the single story, white, wooden
building that served for check-in, baggage
claim, car rental and customs clearance. The
town had turned out in large numbers to meet
this particular airplane since many on board
were students returning to the island’s
prestigeous Xavier High School, which draws
the best minds from all of Micronesia. Next it
was our turn to depart, and soon I was watching
the waves break on the outer reef from the
airplane’s window. I remembered the three
immortal words made famous by another
American of an earlier era, “I shall return.”

ADDITIONAL READING

Brost, F.B. & R.O. Coale 1981. A Quid* to Collecting In the
Kwajalein Atoll. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont &
Tokyo, Japan.

Cemohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells.
Pacific Publications, Sydney, Australia & New York.

Stanley, 0. 1985. Micronesia Handbook. Moon Publica-
tions, Chico, California.

The Datehaze Goby lives in the sandy
burrows made by the pistol or snapping shrimp.
In six separate cases, a single, blackish, 1/3-
inch-long dorid was found firmly attached to the
dorsal fin of the 3-inch-long goby. The
nudibranch can also survive detached from its
host.

Dorids normally feed on sponges, small
crustaceans, or the eggs of other sea creatures.
What this strange species eats is still a mystery.
Any why should it be attached to this kind of
fish? Some related gobies nibble off parasites
from other fish. These’ “cleaner fish" have a
black stripe. Our host goby, Amblyeleotris,
does not; but the long, black dorid attached to
the dorsal fin may give a camouflaged effect
similar to that of the “cleaner fish".

Ernest and Lucy Williams made 39 shallow-
water scuba dives near the Sesoko Marine
Science Center on N.W. Okinawa in 1985.
They illustrated their unique finds in the journal
Venus, vol. 45, pp, 210-211. Can there be
similar cases of such an association in American
waters?

Editor’s

Notes

Thanks to all of you who have supported us
during the past year. We have finally dug out
from under the Christmas rush. Now on to
1987 and a new look for SHELLS and sea life.

The 1987 volume will maintain our standard
size but change to three columns throughout to
match up with the photo sizes we most often
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We will be doing supplemental publications
for longer works. Our first special publication
will cover the Alaskan mollusks by Rae Baxter.
Rae has spent many years collecting in Alaska
and has produced a valuable monograph
including land, freshwater, intertidal & benthic
mollusks. It will be available in early April,
1987.

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be published in the months ahead. One of
these will be a publication highlighting clubs,
conventions and shows as soon as we get
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Several clubs have already sent information and
we hope that many more will respond. We
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well as the basic information on meeting dates,
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NOTE: This is a confession signed by deviant
individuals recorded in the book, Radula, found
on fhe planet Gastropodia.

The several stages of deviation observed on
this planet have been classified as follows in
the chapter "Take Your Hand Off My Shell":

(1) The purist - planatoid type who is only
addicted to self-collected, live taken mollusca.
Controlled deviant - considered dangerous.
Believes all other deviant types "unclean",
"impure". Rigid personality disorder.

(2) The impurist - self-collected live or dead
molluscan forms are acceptable to this disord-
ered personality. Modestly gross aberration.
Fairly malleable disorder.

(3) The selectivist - self-collected or purchas-
ed mollusca are acceptable to this twisted mind
but are restricted to specific families. Occa-
sional "flareups" observed during which the
deviant makes a radical shift to another family.
A deluded variant to be handled cautiously
during the "mood shift" phase.

(4) The generalist - any specimen, live, dead
or freak, self-collected, traded or purchased in
any family is sought by this aberrant deviant -
"who cares from whence it cometh?" All
molluscan forms sought equally and avidly
admired. Full blown freak. Affable aberrant
individual. Considered weird but non-
dangerous.

(5) The fossilist - a disordered personality
focused on "oldies but goldies" in the mollus-
can world. A mildly deranged condition.
Considered harmless but capable of digging up
and spreading a lot of dirt. To be observed
cautiously.

ALL DEVIANTS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO
GASTROPODA CENTRAL SHELLACHOLIC LAB;
ORATORY FOR REALIGNMENT.

(Need gentle controlled withdrawal treatments
with molluscan rewards infused periodically.
No known complete cures cited. Acquisition
spasms can be modified. Mild resurgent
flareups observed; appear lifelong in duration.

Give 2 Shells And Call In The Morning.

Originally authored by JUNE JONES and appeared in the Shell and Tell News. October 12, 1986

Shellfolk

Dr. Kikutaro Baba has been a long-time
supporter of SHELLS and sea life and the
Opisthobranch Newsletter (one of the
original group of subscribers). He sent us
this picture last year, taken outside his
home in Nara-Ken, Japan.

The opisthobranch moliusks are Dr.
Baba's specialty and he has published
more than 100 articles and notes on the
group. He has also published several
papers on the solenogasters. We have
several of his notes and articles in process
for publication in future issues.

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on the DRIFTLINE

Correction

In my article on micro mollusk collecting in
the Caribbean Province, S&SL October, 1986,
there was an error in the identification of
Vitrinella texana Moore, 1965. After an ex-
change of shells, Dr. Harry G. Lee of
Jacksonville, Florida, correctly identified what I
had found, as Solariorbis blakei (Rehder, 1944).
- JOANNE UGHTFOOT, PO Box 2295, Sedona, A Z 86336

The Oregon Society of
Conchologists

I appreciated receiving a copy of your recent
roster of clubs, etc, and looked it over with
considerable interest. It will be presented at
the next meeting of our Club, which will be in
September.

One correction; we have had much trouble in
other organizations understanding our correct
address Here is the true address: The
Oregon Society of Conchologists, 4324 N.E.
47th Ave., Portland, OR 97218.

We felt it best to use the secretary's address
for all communications, as this office seems to
have continuity, and the former address is no
longer valid in any way.

Our Society has shown good signs of growth
this year. We have had some field trips, to
Port Orford, Southern Oregon coast, and to the
San' Juan Islands with divers, etc. A club
library has been organized, under Margaret
Teskey. Our annual Shell Show, at the
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, will
be in late October. As usual, many good
awards will be made there. Personally, I am
still on the prowl for the more rare abalones,
and Xenophoridae as well, subject to cost,
availability, condition, etc. Really hard to find!

• Byron W. Travis, Secretary, Oregon Society of Conchologists,
4324 N.E. 47 Ave., Portland, OR 97218

"Galloping" Snails

We noted Roginskaya’s (S&SL 17(4): 125)
"galloping" movement clearly with our local
Helix species on our front walk during May of
this year. - steve & sally long

From New Zealand

I have to agree with Ian Loch’s remarks in the
March issue of S&SL concerning the range of
distribution of Vexillum (Costellaria) militaris
(Reeve): unless one specializes in a certain
group of molluscs, the distributional range of a
species is a mystery unless one has studied as
many collections as one possibly can, and even
then there is always someone, somewhere, who
has collected the species in an out of the way
place. Readers may be interested to know
that V. (C.) militaris is known to occur in the
Andaman Islands, the Philippines, Papua New
Guinea, Northern Australia, the Solomons, and
Fiji Islands. It has also been reported from
Aden by Shopland and from Japan by A.
Adams, however, these records require confirm-
ation since they could have been based on
misidentifications.

By the way, in Queensland V. (C.) militaris
has been collected on Lizard Island, also on
Moore Reef, east of Cairns, and Broadhurst
Reef, east of Townsville. - Walter o, cerno-

HORSKY, Curator of Malacology, Auckland Institute and
Museum, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand

From Alaska

Collecting of mollusks has slowed down.
Was out last night [Nov. 14] but got few
mollusks. Winter collecting in Alaska is differ-
ent. The low tides occur after dark and I used
a Coleman gas lantern, both for light and to
keep my hands warm. A few species are
much more active after dark. These often are
species that live deep in the rocks and
therefore are much more common in the after-
dark collections. The problem is that they stay
in the water to keep from freezing so I get ice
build-up on my boots wading around collect-
ing. The nice thing is that everything freezes
fast, usually expanded, so that I do not have to
clean them up right away. Next week or next
month is soon enough as long as I leave them
outside.

The other thing that makes winter collecting
possible is that I have a wood-fired steambath.
A big load of wood in the stove makes the bath
just right when I get back from collecting half
frozen. - RAE BAXTER, PO Box 96, Bethel, AK 99559

Pacific Northwest
Shell Club

Yesterday [April 86] 12 of us from the shell
club held a chiton study group and potluck
lunch at a member's home. Doug Eernessee
came down from Friday Harbor to join in. He
just finished writing his doctorate on the subject
so it was a lively session. Next Sunday for our
regular April meeting, Bert Draper is coming up
to put on the program. We enjoy sharing all
his knowledge on a variety of things. Phil
Clover is coming the following month of May
and June we are holding the meeting over at
Tom Rice's Port Gamble place. The next
month of July will be another pot-luck and shell
sales of Dorothy Gety’s collection from her Port
Angeles shop. The proceeds will help benefit
Burke Museum at the University of Washington
where our member, Elsie Marshall, works so
hard with fellow club member Bill Rice’s help.
August will be our own shell club auction. The
main goals of our club are to have fun, share
our knowledge in the community and support
studies in the field of malacology thru
scholarships, museums, Friday Harbor Labora-
tory etc. We meet on the 3rd Sunday of each
month and would love to have you join us while

up here if you Can. - LOIS LUCUM, 702 Alder, Edmonds,
WA 98020

From the West Indies

I have a 19ft fiberglass hull, equipped with a
winch, and a davit-pole so I can get dredge-
baskets and fish/shell traps in and out of the
boat with ease. It’s the only boat with
dredging capabilities (by virtue of the winch) on
the island, so I get to do a little research work
for the local Marine Institute run by McGill
University when they want deep benthic
samples, etc. My interests are Western Atlan-
tic cones, and what murexes I happen to catch
locally, but that’s about it. I’m into rare shells,
since we have several classic spp. here, but
that is more because of the business side of
my operation. - DAVID HUNT, Gregg Farm, St. Andrew,
Barbados, West Indies

Conchological Club of
Southern California

Meets 1st Monday of month unless holiday
intervenes, then following Wednesday, in
Lounge, 7:30pm, Natural History Museum, Los
Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los
Angeles, CA 90007. For information write:

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Pen Shells

Peggy Williams

Rt. 3, Box 28, Sarasota, FL 33580

Shells of the family Pinnidae are host to many
organisms because of their size and the fact
that they are anchored firmly in otherwise
shelterless and shifting sand. Barnacles, lim-
pets, tunicates, chitons, and other bivalves com-
monly attach themselves to the solid shelter of
the Pen Shell. Dead shells are host to crabs
and fishes as well as many other mollusks and
echinoderms.

I was surprised to find, in a specimen of
Pinna camea Gmelin, 1791 that I collected on
Providenicales Island in the Turks and Caicos, a
pair of commensal shrimp of the group called
"snapping shrimp." These animals have one
large claw like a tiny lobster and use it to make
a loud snapping noise (in an aquarium it seems
the glass has cracked!). The ones in the pen
shell were nearly transparent and otherwise col-
ored exactly the lovely amber color of the shell
itself. Other specimens of the shell had pairs
of shrimp as well.

Murex motacilla (Gmelin, 1791)

David Hunt, Gregg Farm, St. Andrew, Barbados, West Indies.

Live-taken, seasonaly, in traps set at depths ranging 100-1 30m.

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Eisenburg, J.M. 1981. A collector’s guide to
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valuation. In the Index all Known species of the most popular
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listed and evaluated. The characteristics of 142 seashell
families are described in detail, with an accompanying
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illustrated in 2/3 to full scale. The specimens on each full
plate are all shown in the same scale. Each major gastropod
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Rios, E.C. 1986. Seashells of Brazil Museu
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pis. (1421 illus.), softcover, 8x11.- $30.00

K Brazil, the largest country in the Americas, has one of the
most diversified and interesting marine faunas. Its long
shores are influenced by four major zoogeographical regions --
the colorful, tropical Caribbean province to the north, the
temperate, cool Argentinian and Uruguayan influence in he
south; the highly endemic Pernambuco subprovince, arid the
occasional invasion of transatlantic species coming from West

Dr Eliezer Rios, Director of the Museum of Oceanography in
Rio Grande, has met the challenging and massive array of over
1400 Brazilian marine mollusks by now producing a huge new
tome with superior photographs of all species, and
accompanied by English descriptions and detailed locality and
habitual records. There are illustrations of 1000 gasl opods,
30 scaphopods, 360 bivalves and 26 species of cephalopods.
This book picks up where American Seashells leaves off. It is
not only a thorough coverage of the Brazilian marine moHusks
but is also a guide to many of the common shells of the
Caribbean and Uruguay.

The book is easy to use, with each of the species properly
assigned to order, family, genus and subgenus, and with a
convenient reference number which allows the user to find
quickly the proper photograph among the 102 plates of black-
and-white photographs. Authors, dates and I synonym les a _e
qiven for each species, and there is a large bibliography of 800
References to scientific papers dealing with South American
marine mollusks - perhaps the largest ever offered to the

public. The index has 4,000 scientific names alone. We are

spared the indignity of any new species being proposed in this

Respite the brief title, this book will be a useful reference tool
and a much-consulted illustrated guide to the shores stretching
from the islands of the West Indies to the beaches of northern
Argentina No recent book for its modest price has so much
to offer. - R. TUCKER ABBOTT

Roberts, M.F. 1984. Pearl Makers. The
Tidemarsh Guide to Clams, Oysters Mussels
and Scallops. Saybrook Press, Old Saybrook,
CT, 168p., 66 drawings, flexible cover, ISBN 0-

917941-00-4 - $6.95 „ . ,

It details and discusses the common U.S. east coast
shoreline bivalve mollusks and also explains how they are
harvested and eaten.

Reaske, C.R. 1986. The Compleat Clammer.
Clams Mussels Oysters Scallops. An Enthu-
siast's Guide to Gathering and Preparation.
Nick Lyons Books, New York, 152p., illustra-
tions, Hard cover ISBN 0-941130-15-0 - $16.95,
soft cover ISBN 0-941130-11-8 - $9.95

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Sutty, L. 1986. Seashell Treasures of the
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dust jacket, ISBN 0525-24411-5 - $19-95

"From the undersea gardens of the Windward Islands come
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Sanibel Shell Fair, March 5-8, Sanibel Island, Florida
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GEOLOGY

Guzman, E.J. 1956. XX Congreso Geologico
Internacional. Symposium sobre yacimientos
de petroleo y gas. Proceedings, 5 vol. 8vo
wraps in cloth storage box (box worn). Over
1700 pages with fold-out illustrations and text
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Russian papers 1949 & 1950. Two reprints on
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Russian paper 1980. Fossil mollusk paper
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MOLLUSKS

Abbott, R.T. [ed.] 1979. Indexes to The

Nautilus: Geographical (Vols. 1-90) and
Scientific Names (Vols. 61-90). American
Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida p. i-iv + 1-
238, 8 x 10.5“ cloth, fine. - $18.50

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Ashmead, W.H. Descriptions of new
Hymenoptera from Japan. Proc. USNM
30(1448):169-201, pis. 12-15, 8vo new wraps. -
$5.20

Hozawa, S. Report on the calcareous sponges
collected during 1906 by the United States
Fisheries Steamer Albatross In the
Northwestern Pacific. Proc. USNM 54(2247):
525-556, pis. 84-85, 8vo new wraps. - $4.10

Huber, L.L. A taxonomic and ecological review
of the North American chalcid-fiies of the
genus Callimome. Proc. USNM 70(2663):1-
114, pis. 1-4, 8vo new wraps. - $13.40

Metcalf, M.M. 1940. Further studies on the
opalinid ciliate infusorians and their hosts.
Proc. USNM 87(3077):465-634, figs. 21-157, 8vo
new wraps. - $17.50

Ritter, W.E. The simple ascidians from the
Northeastern Pacific in the collection of the
United States National Museum. Proc.
USNM 45(1989):427-505, pis. 33-36, tbls., 8vo
new wraps. - $9.80

Rohwer, S.A. Descriptions of new species of
wasps with notes on described species.
Proc. USNM 40(1837):551-587, 8vo new wraps. -
$3.60

American Malacological Union 1943-1966.
Annual Reports and Bulletin of AMU and
American Malacological Union Bulletin. 32
reports in original wraps., various sizes, 1943,
1956-1981, Index 1934-1974, Vol. 1 & 3-4 of
AMU Bull. Some soiling, especially on earliest
reports. All text good condition. - $350.00

American Malacological Union 1971 & 1972.
Bulletin of the American Malacological Union,
Inc. Two annual reports for 37th & 38th annual
meetings. - $14.00

American Malacological Union 1971-1975.
Bulletin of the American Malacological Union,
Inc. Four annual reports for 1971-1973 & 1975,
8 x 10.5" orig. wraps. - $27.50

American Malacological Union 1971-1979.
Bulletin of the American Malacological Union,
Inc. 6 annual reports for 1971-1975 & 1977, 8
x 10.5" orig. wraps. - $45.00

American Malacological Union 1971-1980.
Bulletin of the American Malacological Union,
Inc. 8 annual reports for 1971-1975, 1977 &
1979-1980, 8 x 10.5" orig. wraps. - $65.00

American Malacological Union 1972. Bulletin of
the American Malacological Union, Inc. 64p,
illus. 38th Annual meeting report. - $7.50

Bartsch, P. 1932. The Philippine Land
Mollusks of the Genus Opisthoporus. Proc.
USNM 6(6):323-327, pis. 81-82, 8vo wraps,
uncut. - $3.00

Clarke, J.F.G. 1965. Microlepidoptera of Juan
Fernandez Islands. Proc. USNM 117 (3508): 1 -
105, pi. 1, figs. 1-111, 8vo new wraps. - $11.60

Cook, O.F. American oniscoid Diplopoda of
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$3.80

Cook, O.F. African Diplopoda of the genus
Pachybolus. Proc. USNM 21 (1 168):657-666,
pis. 50-52, 8vo new wraps. - $3.00

Coquillett, D.W. Report on a collection of
Japanese Diptera, presented to the U.S.
National Museum by the Imperial University
of Tokyo. Proc. USNM 21 (1 1 46):301 -340, 8vo
new wraps. - $4.00

Coquillett, D.W. New Diptera from North
America. Proc. USNM 25(1280):83-126, 8vo
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Fouts, R.M. Revision of the North American
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Proc. USNM 63(2484): 1-145, pi. 1 , figs. 1-10, 8vo
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Gerould, J.H. The Sipunculids of the Eastern
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Handlirsch, A. A new blattoid from the
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Proc. USNM 29(1439): 655-656, fig., 8vo new
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Rohwer, S.A. Descriptions of new species of
wasps in the collections of the United States
National Museum. Proc. USNM 41 (1869):447-
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CHILDREN

Automobile Association 1972. Seaside quizzes,
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GENERAL

Ricketts, E.F., J. Calvin & J.W. Hedgpeth 1968.
Between Pacific Tides. 4th Ed. Stanford
Univ. Press, Stanford, CA, 614p., 302 halftones
& figs, 22 color photos, 8vo cloth, dust jacket
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U.S. Department of Agriculture 1974. Shopper’s
Guide. 1974 Yearbook of Agriculture. U.S.
Dept. Agriculture, 358p., many illustrations &
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good. - $17.50

U.S. Department of Commerce 1943. United
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Wahlstrom, E.E. 1979. Optical Crystallography.
5th Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 488p.,
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Webster, P. 1972. The Mighty Sierra. Portrait
of a Mountain World. Amer. West Publ. Co.,
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