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General Malacology (Q-Z)

Rafinesque, C., 1864 (reprint 1984). The complete writings of Constantine Smaltz Rafinesque, on recent & fossil conchology. 103 p., 3 pls, paperbound; MA07090. € 15
Regteren Altena, C.O. van, 1957. The excavation at Velsen. Pleistocene Mollusca. 2 figs, 1 pl., paperbound. Includes also other contributions (ostracods, flora, mammals etc.) about this excavation (in all 128 pp.); MA07110. € 12
Rice, T., 2000 (18th ed.). A Catalog of Dealers’ Prices for Shells: Marine, Land & Freshwater. ca. 250 p., 4to, spiralbound; MA07115. € 18
Rice, T., 2002 (20th ed.). A Catalog of Dealers’ Prices for Shells: Marine, Land & Freshwater. ca. 250 p., 4to, spiralbound; MA06506. € 25
Ruhoff, F.A., 1973. Bibliography and Zoological Taxa of Paul Bartsch. 166 p., 4to, paperbound; MA07159. € 22
Ruhoff, F.A., 1980. Index to the Species of Mollusca Introduced from 1850 to 1870. 640 p., 4to, paperbound. Library stamps; MA07160. € 60
Scarlato, O.A. (ed.), 1986. Morphological and Ecollogical Bases of the Molluscan Taxonomy. 174 p., num. figs, paperbound. In Russian; MA07317. € 20
Schmeltz, J.D.E., 1894. Schnecken und Muscheln im Leben der Völker Indonesiens und Oceaniens. 43 p., 1 folded table, wrps; MA07192. € 12
Simon, H., 1976. Snails of land and sea. 143 p., num. col. figs, cloth (dust jacket); MA07306. € 20
Solem, G.A., 1974. The Shell Makers. Introducing Mollusks. 289 p., num. figs & photographs, 12 col. pls, hardbound (dust jacket); MA07750. € 35
Sowerby, G.B., 1852 (reprint 1996). Shells of the world. 139 p., 98 figs, 40 col. pls, 4to, hardbound (dust jacket). Reprint of the 4th edition of Sowerby’s Conchological Manual. In addition this book contains 12 splendid col. plates from the Dictionnaire Universelle d’Hist. Nat. by d’Orbigny; MA07237. € 14
Spärck, R. & S.L. Tuxen (eds), 1928-1971. The Zoology of the Faroes. Vol. III, Part I. Postscript, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Tunicata, Pisces. 592 p. (230 pp. on molluscs), several figs & maps, paperbound; MA07244. € 65
Sphon, G.G., 1971. Type Specimens of Recent Mollusks in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. 37 p., 21 figs, wrps; MA07246. € 8
Spoel, S. van der et al. (eds), 1979. Pathways in Malacology. v, 295 p., num. figs, cloth. This book contains the 11 invited lectures of the sixth UME congress (Knudsen, Deep-sea bivalves; Solem, Theory of land snail biogeographic patterns through time; Wells, brain and behaviour in Octopus vulgaris etc.); MA07249. € 55
Starobogatov, Y.I. (ed.), 1985. New Data on the Taxonomy and Ecology of Molluscs. 120 p., num. figs, paperbound. In Russian; MA07321. € 18
Stearns, R.E.C., 1893. Report on the Mollusk-Fauna of the Galapagos Islands, With Descriptions of New Species. 98 p., 1 pl., 1 folded map, paperbound. Marginal waterstains on plate, map and covers; MA07260. € 18
Step, E., 1901. Shell Life. An Introduction to the British Mollusca. 414 p., num. figs & photographic pls, decorated cloth (outer edges spine worn); MA07266. € 45
Step, E., 1901. Shell Life. An Introduction to the British Mollusca. 414 p., num. figs & photographic pls, calf (spine worn, front cover loose); MA07282. € 40
Step, E., 1927 (new ed.). Shell Life. An Introduction to the British Mollusca. 414 p., num. figs & photographic pls, cloth; MA07283. € 40
Suter, H., 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. xxiii, 1120 p., several figs, cloth. The atlas of plates is missing; MA07308. € 100
Templado, J. et al., 1993. Los “ejemplares tipo” de las colecciones malacologicas del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. 328 p., 17 pls, paperbound; MA07295. € 32
Thiele, J., 1929-1935 (reprint 1963). Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. 2 vols. 1154 p., 584 figs, cloth (spine faded); MA07348. € 150
Thiele, J., 1929-1935 (translation1992) Handbook of Systeamtic Malacology. Part 2. (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata). xiv, 563 p., 312 figs, cloth (dust jacket); MA07349. € 115
Thiele, J., 1934. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Dritter Teil. v, 244 p., 110 figs, hcloth (original covers bound in). The Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda parts; MA07303. € 46
Trew, A., 1992. Henry and Arthur Adams’s New Molluscan Names. 63 p., 4to, paperbound; MA07354. € 15
Vayssière, A. & L. Germain, 1913. Mollusques de la France et des régions voisines. 2 vols. xxiv, 794 p., 66 pls, cloth. Stamps of A. Vayssière and P. Vayssière; MA07429. € 75
Vermeij, G.J., 1993. A Natural History of Shells. 207 p., num. figs, cloth (dust jacket); MA07374. € 28
Vidal-Abarca, R. et al., 1986. Consideraciones sobre la historia de la malacologia de las aguas continentales de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. 67 p., several figs, wrps; MA07402. € 8
Wagner, R.J.L., 1990. World Size Records 1990. Supplement 4 Standard Catalog of Shells. 86 p., 4to, wrps; MA07430. € 10
Webb, W.F., 1942 (reprint ca. 1980). United States Mollusca. A Descriptive Manual of many of the Marine, Land and Fresh Water Shells of North America, North of Mexico. 224 p., 66 pls, cloth; MA07448. € 16
Wilbur, K.M. & C.M. Yonghe, 1964-1966. Physiology of Mollusca. 2 Vols (complete). Vol. 1. xiii, 473 p., 104 figs, Vol. 2. xiii, 645 p., 117 figs, cloth; MA07572. € 100
Wilkins, G.L., 1953. A catalogue and historical account of the Sloane shell collection. 47 p., 12 pls, paperbound; MA07503. € 14
Wilkins, G.L., 1955. A catalogue and historical account of the Banks shell collection. 49 p., 6 pls, paperbound; MA07501. € 14
Wilkins, G.L., 1957. Cracherode shell collection. 62 p., 6 pls, paperbound; MA07502. € 14
Wilson, B.R. & K. Gillett, 1979. A Field Guide to Australian Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. 287 p., num. figs, 66 col. pls, hardbound; MA07571. € 30

Woodward, S.P., 1851. Manual of the Mollusca; or, a Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells. viii, 170 p., 89 figs, 12 pls, frontispiece, original boards (covers and spine loose). Plates slightly foxed. First part, later two other parts were issued; MA07575. € 22

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