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THIS book is the tenth in the series “Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia”. It is purely conchological and deals with the Pelecypoda. There is an introductory chapter on distribution and methods of collecting, and an account is given of the structure of a typical bivalve mollusc. Keys are used for tracing specimens to families, genera and species; but these are based on conchological characters only. The descriptive text is illustrated with good figures of the shells.
The Molluscs of South Australia
By Bernard C. Cotton Frank K. Godfrey. Part 1: the Pelecypoda. (Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.) Pp. 314. (Adelaide: Government Printer, 1938.) 7s. 6d.
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EALES, N. Biology. Nature 144, 193 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144193a0
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