Author: Satyamurti, S. T.
Title: The land and freshwater Mollusca in the collection of the Madras Government Museum.
Description: Madras, The Government of Madras, 1960. Large 4to (27.1 x 20.7 cm). vi, 174, 2 pp.; 21 plates. Near contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with printed paper lable with title. = A very good monograph on Indian land, freshwater and brackish water molluscs, with extensive synonymies, locality and distribution records, and descriptions of the museum material. It deals with species from India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and more in particular with the region around Madras (now Chennai) in the southeastern part of India (Tamil Nadu state), bordering the Gulf of Bengal. Rarely seen, especially if well-bound, such as this one.

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