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Two Belgian scientists, whose hobby is conchology, have done some remarkable shell collecting along the Brazilian Coast of
South America. They are Dr. Bernard "Ben" Tursch, 29 years old graduate in bio-chemistry from the "Ecole Polytechnique"
University te'Libre de Bruxelles, and Dr. Jean Pierret, 32 years old and a graduate anthropologist, also from the University
of Bruselles.
Ben Tursch is working for Stanford University of California in Brazil where he is investigating the chemical structure of
some natural products. In his spare time, he collects shells and has over 300 species of Conus alone. Tursch hopes to publish
a catalogue on Brazilian marine shells with the help of local collectors.
In the same issue, Eugene Coan starts an account of the Mollusca of the Santa Barbara County area, by listing the Pelecypoda
and Scaphopoda, with notes and bibliography. A series of excellent plates are given showing the fine structure of the
follicle gland of the freshwater snail, Lumnaea auricularia, found near Concord, California, the work of Richard S. Nishioka,
Leonard Simpson, and Howard A. Bern. The gastropod known as Murex rhyssa Dall is renamed Pteropupurata vokesae by William K.
Emerson. Nettie and George E. MacGinitie describe the habitats and breeding seasons of the shelf limpet, Crepidula
norrisiarum Williamson, with a plate showing it growing on Norrisia norrisi (Sowerby). Franz Alfred Schilder presents a
provisional classification of the genus Notocypraea, a cowry found in Tasmania. Myra Keen and Bruce Campbell describe ten new
species of Typhinae from Japan, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia. There are also other papers, notes,
news, and reviews. The Editorial Board reads like an impressive 'Who's who' on Pacific Coast Mollusca.
Since joining the H. M. S. about a year ago I have been most interested in reading the H. S. N. and enjoy the accounts of
shelling in Philippines. I wonder if your readers would be interested in hearing about shelling in the Florida Keys. Our
group here in Fort Myers shells regularly at nearby Punta Rassa, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach. But our favorite spot now
is in the Marathon area in the Florida Keys, about 250 miles from Fort Myers.
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