Marine Bivalves of Tropical West Africa

by Rudo von Cosel and Serge Gofas

ISBN 9782856538883, published in 2019 by Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris, France, case bound in laminated boards, sewn binding, 15.5 by 24 cm., or about 6.25 by 9. 25 inches, 1102 pages, illustrated throughout with full-page color photographs, some black and white photographs and black and white drawings.

The first time that we had copies of this book, they sold out quickly at the shell shows we attended earlier this year. The book is thorough, and it covers 462 species belonging to 59 families. The specimens included came from Mauritiana in the north to Angola in the south. They are fully described and very beautifully illustrated to make their identification easy. The shells illustrated with about 3500 color photos, 1600 grayscale photos, and 800 stippled drawings. There are 12 views of each species in the book. Anyone interested in the molluscan fauna of the eastern Atlantic will want to add this book to their reference collections.