The 2nd edition of this extensive work illustrates 213 living species, 110+ subspecies and 80+ forms & variations in 3,117 color photos on 116 color plates. Species information includes size range, habitat, references, synonyms, distribution maps and taxonomical relationships. Subspecies and related species are compared in 72 comprehensive tables. Included are 700 drawings, 124 maps, an illustrated key, 2 color plates of living animals and 12 black/white plates of drawings of fossil species. This new edition adds 6 new species as well as many additional subspecies and forms, with 4 new plates containing nearly 100 images and 16 new pages of supplemental text. 250+ pages are updated and 25 plates are color-corrected.
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Handsdown the best Cypraea (Cowrie) book ever written!,
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Expensive, but worth it. I have seen numerous other cowrie books (Burgess, Allen, Wallis, etc.) and believe nothing comes close. Lots of specimens showing lots of species variation. Highly recommended.
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The Best Monograph I have purchased to date!!!,
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This review is from: A Guide to Worldwide Cowries (Hardcover)
Without bogging the reader down with endless scientific minutae, this book treats the entire family of cowries in a manner useful to scientists and serious amatures alike. I have several books on cowries and this by far is best. The feature I especially like is the large quantity of high quality photographs of each species giving the reader not just many examples of each species but showing all the subspecies and varieties and explaining the differences. The explanations of the biology, life cycles, habitat and habits etc. is easily understood by nonscientists yet very useful to scientists. My copy came without a dust jacket so I asume that it was published that way...While this book may be purchased directly from the publisher the savings is only slight and is eaten up by the shipping costs from Germany. I recieved mine from Amazon in less than 2 weeks by UPS ground.
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Great Cowry Book,
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The other reviews have said it better than I can and I agree with them all.The only thing I can add to the other reviews, is this book is worth the wait and if you think it might be a bit pricey, check out the prices on some of the college text books today. This book is worth every penney to the amateur and serious cowry collector.
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