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THIS work is almost devoid of readable matter, but is nevertheless of fundamental importance to all who are engaged in research on non-marine Mollusca or on the Pleistocene deposits. It gives a list of all the genera, sub-genera, and species (recent and post-Tertiary), with bibliographical references, together with the etymology of the names adopted, and the geological range of the species in Great Britain. The names used are those which, in the opinion of the authors, most nearly accord with the requirements of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature. 172 species of gasteropods and 37 of lamellibranchs are recorded, most of which are found fossil in the Pleistocene, and some in the Pliocene deposits. About 16 per cent, of the species are extinct in Great Britain. Some idea of the immense labour involved in the preparation of this work can be formed from the bibliography, which occupies 54 pages.
Synonymy of the British Non-Marine Mollusca (Recent and Post-Tertiary).
Compiled and Annotated by A. S. Kennard and B. B. Woodward. Pp. xxiv + 447. (London: British Museum (Natural History), 1926.) 20s.
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Synonymy of the British Non-Marine Mollusca (Recent and Post-Tertiary) . Nature 118, 656 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118656b0
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