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“THE want of a handy work of reference, giving in a convenient form descriptions and figures of all the British non-marine Gastropods,” inspired the author to attempt the present publication. He has, wisely we think, included in his scope some forms, such as Littorina neritoides, Otina otis, and Onchidiella celtica, that dwell just above high-water mark and are apt to be omitted by writers on the marine forms on one hand and on non-marine on the other. For an obviously first endeavour this book is a remarkably successful and well-written piece of work, and it will prove of very great use to those for whom it is intended. No pains have been spared to make it complete and the net of research has been thrown wide. Still one cannot but regret that the author did not stay his pen until he had acquired more extensive first-hand knowledge of his subject. There are minor errors and slips on every page from the first, where rhinophores are treated as if synonymous for tentacles, down to the last, where the bracketing of the geological formations has gone all wrong. By the time, however, that a second edition is called for, the author will probably have realised this and rectified matters.
British Snails: a Guide to the Non-Marine Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland, Pliocene to Recent.
By A. E. Ellis. Pp. 275 + 14 plates. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1926.) 10s. net.
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British Snails: a Guide to the Non-Marine Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland, Pliocene to Recent . Nature 118, 909 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118909b0
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