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Nesis K. N., 1982. A brief identification book of the cephalopods of the World Ocean. Moscow, 358 p., 88 b/w figs, key, index; size: 152x220, hard bound. In Russian with Latin nomenclature. $45.00 + $10.00 (registered surface mail) or $14.00 (registered air mail).

 

Uvaeva O.I., 2007. Molluscs of the subfamily Planorbinae of the Ukraine. Zhitomir, Zhitomir State University; hard bound, 228 p., 30 color figs, 58 tabs, 400 lit. references. ISBN 978-966-2980-87-5. In Ukrainian with English Summary. $35.00 + postage: $3.00 for Registered Surface-Mail; $5.00 for Registered Air-Mail.

 

Maassen W.J.M., 2000. Notes on terrestrial molluscs of Sumatra, Indonesia, with descriptions of ten new species (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia & Pulmonata). 12 pp., 30 b/w figs. reprint. $5.00

 

Kafanov A.I., 1987 (ed.) Fauna and distribution of mollusks: Northern Pacific and Arctic Ocean. Vladivostok. 144 p. + VI b/w photo plates, brochure, in Russian. $35.00

 

Schniebs K., 1996. Die Typen und Typoide der Molluskensammlung des Staatlichen Museums fuer Tierkunde Dresden (I). Die typen der von Anton (1838) beschriebenen rezenten Mollusken: 1. Neritidae, Littorinidae, Naticidae, Vasidae. 6 pp., 6 b/w figs. reprint. $5.00

 

Schniebs K., 1996. Die Typen und Typoide der Molluskensammlung des Staatlichen Museums fuer Tierkunde Dresden (I). Die typen der von Anton (1838) beschriebenen rezenten Mollusken: 2. Trochidae, Turbinidae, Stomatellidae. 6 pp., 7 b/w figs. reprint. $5.00

 

Sowerby G.B., 1842. Conchological Manual, illustrated by upwards of six hundred and sixty figures. Second Ed., considerably enlarged and improved. London.313 p., + 1 tab., + 26 plates (figs. 1-562). $310.00 + $10.00 (registered surface mail) or $16.00 (registered air mail).

Zevina G.B., Karpov V.A., Poltarukha O.P., Chaplygina S.F., Kubanin A.A., Nikulina E.A., Reznichenko O.G., Soldatova I.N., Tsikhon-Lukanina E.A., Roginskaya I.S., 2004. Catalogue of the fouling fauna in the World Ocean. Vol. 1. Barnacles, Hydroids, Bryozoans, Mollusks. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press Ltd. 219 p.; 140x215 mm, hard bound. Price: $30.00 + $8.00 (registered surface mail) or $12.00 (registered air mail)

Naumov A.D., 2006. Clams of the White Sea: ecological and faunistic analysis. Russian Academy of Sci., Zoological Institute, Explorations of Fauna of the Seas, Vol. 59(67). 355 p. + 12 color plates, 138 text-figs., 67 tabs., 38 maps, bibliography 499 titles. In Russian with English Title & Summary (292-297 pp.) & Contents. Color bound, 250x175 mm, $50.00 + postage: surface mail — $8.00; air mail — $14.00

Kamysheva-Elpatievskaya V.G., Nikolaeva V.P., Troitskaya E.A., 1959. Stratigraphy and Fauna of the Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of Saratov's Povolzh'e. Leningrad, "GosTopTekhIzdat". 104 text-figs, 72 tabs., XIX+XXVII+IX b/w photo-plates, 524 p., format 265x170 mm, bound. In Russian with Latin nomenclature. Circulation 1500 copies. $70.00 + postage $14.00 (registered surface mail). Only one copy offered for sale!

Bolokan V.I., Vladimirov M.Z., Dedyu I.I. et al., 1984. Bryozoa, Mollusca, Arthropoda. Animal world of Moldavia. Kishinev, "Stiinsa", Acad. of Sci. of the Moldavian SSR. 304 p., 16 color plates, 113 text-figs, hard bound, 170x220 mm, in Russian with Latin nomenclature and Engl. Abstract. Circulation is 3432 copies only. $40.00 + postage: registered surface mail — $8.00; registered air mail — $14.00. Only one copy offered for sale!

The first and single review of molluscan fauna of the Moldova. "The data on species composition of the systematic groups discussed in the monograph, the spreading of the most mass species within the limits of the area and the republic, their munber dynamics, special features of their biology, ecology as well as their role in ground and aquatic ecossystems are given. … The book is addressed to a wide range od readers students, teachers of biology, biologists and all those who like nature." [after "Abstract"].

Kamysheva-Elpatievskaya V.G. (ed.), 1969. Atlas of the Mesozoic fauna of Lower Povolzhie and adjacent territories. Part 2. Cephalopoda. Saratov, Saratov State University; bound. 274 p., text-figs, tables and photo-plates. $35.00

Systematics and ecology of invertebrates of seas and estuaries of the Far East. Scarlato O. (ed.), 1990. Proceedings of the Zoologycal institute of USSR Acad. Sci., Vol. 218. Contents: Sirenko B.I., New spec. Of chitons of the genus Leptochiton (Moll., Polyplac.) of shelf & slope Kurils Ids.; Golikov, Gulbin, On the system of the family Velutinidae Gray, 1842; and also 9 articles on other Ivertebrates (Cnidaria, Polychaetes, Crustacea etc.). In Russian with English Abstracts for each atricles, Engl. Titul and Contents pages. $30.00

Kas’yanov V.L., Medvedeva L.A., et al., 1980. Reproduction of the echinodermes and bivalvians. Moscow, "Nauka", hard bound, 200 pp. with illustrations. Titul page with message from authors. in Russian. $20.00
CONTENTS:
Introduction 3
Gonads of the Echinodermata 5
Gonads of the marine bivalvians 12
Seasonal changes of the gonads of echinoderms and marine bivalvians 16
Stichopus japonicus 25
Strongylocentrotus nudus 33
Strongylocentrotus intermedius 42
Scaphechinus mirabilis 51
Echinarachnius parma 57
Echinocardium cordatum 64
Patiria pectenifera 72
Aphelasterias japonica 79
Asterias amurensis 90
Mytilus edulis 99
Crenomytilus grayanus 110
Modiolus difficilis 118
Crassostrea gigas 125
Swiftopecten swifti 134
Patinopecten yessoensis 144
Mercenaria stimpsoni 152
Mactra sulcataria 160
Spisula sachalinensis 170
Conclusion 178
The explanatory to terms 185
List of literature 195
All species are reproduced, photos of the shells and internal structure of gonads. Description of the seasonal changes in gonads for each species also given.

Kas’yanov V.L., Kryuchkova V.A., et al., 1983. Larvae of the marine bivalvians and echinodermes. Moscow, "Nauka", soft cover, 216 pp. with illustrations. Titul page with message from authors. in Russian. $20.00
CONTENTS:
Introduction 3
Larvae of the marine bivalvian molluscs (morphology, physiology, etology) 5
Identification of the pelagic larvae of the bivalvians 42
Chasracters of larvae by families 55
Mytilus edulis 59
Crenomytilus grayanus 61
Musculista senhousia 63
Adula falcatoides 64
Crassostrea gigas 64
Chlamys farreri nipponensis 65
Swiftopecten swifti 66
Patinopecten yessoensis 67
Hiatella arctica 68
Kellia japonica 72
Keenocardium californiense 73
Solen krusensterni 73
Siliqua alta 73
Mactra chinensis 73
Spisula sakhalinensis 74
Mya japonica 76
Teredo navalis 78
Bankia setacea 80
Larvae of the Echinodermata 82-197
Conclusion 198
List of literature 200
In total, 64 illustrations of veliconchs, pediveligers of listed and some other species are given. Anatomy of larvae also described and illustrated. Identification key for larvae also present (45-54 pp.).

Izzatullaev Z., 1972. To fauna of freshwater molluscs of Guissarskiy ridge and adjacent regions of Tadjikistan. 6 pp., 1-12 figs. in Russian. printed scan copy. $1.00

Izzatullaev Z., 1973. Two new species of the freshwater molluscs of Tadjikistan from the genus Pseudamnicola (Gastropoda, Lithogliphidae. 1 pp., text.fig. In Russian. xerox-copy. $0.50

Izzatullaev Z., 1984. New species of the freshwater prosobranch molluscs of the family Horatiidae (Gastropoda, Littoriniformes) from Middle Asia. 2 pp., text-figs. In Russian. xerox-copy. $0.50

Izzatullaev Z.I., Sitnikova T.Ya., Starobogatov Ya.I., 1985. On systematic position of the Central-Asian "pseudoamnicols". 8 pp., text-figs. In Russian. uncomplete xerox-copy. $1.00

Izzatullaev Z.I., Starobogatov Ya.I., 1984. The genus Melanopsis (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) and its representatives in water bodies of the USSR. 13 pp., 3 figs. In Russian with English Abstract. xerox-copy. $1.00

Sitnikova T.Ya., 1997. On the classification of Baikal endemic molluscs of the family Benedictiidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). 8 pp. in xerocopy, text-figs. $2.00

Sitnikova T.Ya., 2001. New genus and species of Baicalian endemic mollusk Yaroslawiella eximia (Caenogastropoda, Hygrobioidea). 4 pp., 3 figs. In Russian with English Abstract. xerox-copy. $1.00

Shadin V.I., 1950. Freshwater molluscs of basin of the Amudarya river. 24 pp., 2 text-figs. In Russian. printed scan copy. $2.00

Starobogatov Ya.I., 1962. Contribution to molluscs from subterranean waters of the Caucasus. 4 pp., text-figs, 4 tabs. In Russian. xerox-copy. $1.00

Starobogatov Ya.I., Izzatullaev Z.I., 1980. Molluscs of the family Melanoididae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) of Middle Asia and adjacent territories. 5 pp., 2 figs., 3 tabs. In Russian with English Abstract. xerocopy. $1.00

Zatravkin M.N., Bogatov V.V., 1988. Amnicola-like Gastropoda from fresh waters of the Soviet Far East. + Matekin P.V., Dzuban T.A., Sitnikova T.Ya., 1988. A new species of the genus Benedictia (Gastropoda, Benedictiidae) from the Baikal Lake. 5 pp in xerocopy, text-figs, tables. $2.00

Bieler R., Bradford A., 1991. Annotated Catalog of Type Specimens in Malacological Collection of the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Gastropoda (Prosobranchia and Opisthobranchia). Nemouria, Nr. 36. 48 pp. $11.00

Petuch Ed. J., 2000. A review of the conid subgenus Purpuriconus da Motta, 1991, with the descriptions of two new Bahamian species. Reprint from Ruthenica, 7 pp., 1 b/w photo-plate. $5.00

Stadnichenko A. P., 2004. Lymnaeidae, Acroloxidae of Ukraine. Kiyv (Tsentr Uchebnoi Literatury")-Zhitomyr (Pedagogicheskii Universitet), hard bound, 327 pp., 90 figs, 58 tabs, 219 liter. references. ISBN 966-8365-09-7. $27.00 In Russian. The monography generalizes results of long-term researches of the author and the literary data on specific structure lymnaeform molluscs (Lymnaeidae, Acroloxidae) of fauna of Ukraine, morphophysiological characters, distribution, ecology. Tables for definition of genera, subgenera, sections and species are given. Price: $27.00 + postage: $3.00 for Registered Surface-Mail; $5.00 for Registered Air-Mail

Stadnichenko A. P., 2006. Lymnaeidae & Acroloxidae of Ukraine: methods of sampling and studying, biology, ecology and practical importance. Zhitomyr, "Ruta", hard bound, 168 pp., 28 tabs., , 219 liter. references. ISBN 966-8059-71-9. $25.00 In Russian.