Fusinus del Mediterranneo
Mediterranean Fusinus
By Buzzurro & Russo
2007, published by authors,
Italy, bound in laminated board covers with stitched binding,
280 pages, page size is about 8.25 by 11.67 inches (21.5 by 30 cm
illustrated with 30 page size color plates and B/W photos and drawings,
English and Italian
It is a little
surprising to find an entire book devoted to the rather small number of
species in this Genus that are found in the Mediterranean Sea and yet,
this is a complete and certainly scholarly study. Also in this book 4
new species are described. It looks as if a great deal of time and
research was put into the study of each of the shells covered in this
book. Specialists will benefit from the anatomical drawings
and the SEM photos of the radulae that are included in this book. The
book is bilingual and although I it is a book that will by no means be
popular with the shell collecting population at large, specialists in
this family and especially in the shells of the Mediterranean will find
it a welcome addition to their research tools.
