Author: Fretter, Vera. & Graham, Alastair.
Title: British Prosobranch Molluscs. Their Functional Anatomy and Ecology.
Description: No.144 of the series. The Ray Society. London 1962 (1965 reprint). Navy vynide boards. 755pp illustrated b/w drawings & plates. large 8vo. 1.9kg. Fine condition in matching VG+ dustwrapper (light wear, no chips, tears, or loss). With the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith to front pastedown (over that of Robin Stobbs who was also at the then J.L.B. Smith Institute). Smith was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. The fish was named Latimeria chalumnae after Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer who saved the fish from an East London trawler's catch in 1938.

Keywords: mollusks prosobranch molluscs marine biology signed inscribed j.l.b. smith institute jlb smith institute south african institute for aquatic biodiversity saibib


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