The Conchological Albums - Volume 11
by Guido T.
Poppe, Sheila P. Tagaro, and Philippe Poppe
ISBN 9783948603342,
published in 2022 by Conchology, Inc., Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines and
ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany, ©Guido T. Poppe and ConchBooks, Hardcover, about
8 by 11.5 inches, 20.5 by 29.5 cm.,190 pages
include 86 full-page sized color photographic plates.
The Conchological Albums - Volume 11: is the eleventh book in a series that aims to comprehensively document the world's biodiversity of land snails. It concludes coverage of the Camaenidae family and covers four additional families: Canariellidae, Caryodidae, Cepolidae, and Cerastidae. This volume includes 548 shells belonging to 165 species, 27 subspecies, and 11 named forms.
Like the other volumes in the series, this volume contains little text except for a list of the family systematics. However, the high-quality photographs, which generally show several views of a single species and variations within a species, make this a useful reference guide. Each of the illustrated specimens is keyed by its scientific name, and the book also includes a reference to the size of the shell and locality information.
