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IN the study of the geographical distribution of the litteral marine fauna, the Mollusca claim special attention, since the activities of collectors have provided far more abundant data regarding them than are available for any other group of marine animals. More especially is this the case with such groups as the large and handsome tropical cowries and cones which have been favourites of the dilettanti for two centuries at least. It is true that a great deal of the older work on them is without any scientific value; endless lists of ‘varietal’ names have been given to individual abnormalities, environmental modifications, and stages of growth, while localities have been vaguely or incorrectly recorded. Nevertheless, it has long been obvious that a great amount of valuable material was awaiting scrutiny by modern methods.
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C., W. Geographical Distribution of the Cowries. Nature 144, 642 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144642a0
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