paleonet 2,400 Years of Malacology

[AlanKabat@xxxxxxx]

We are pleased to announce the posting, on the website of the American
Malacological Society, of the Third Edition of the following publication:

Eugene V. Coan, Alan R. Kabat & Richard E. Petit (2006), "2,400 Years of
Malacology," online at:

http://www.malacological.org/publications/epubs.html  

This publication of 664 pages is a comprehensive catalog of biographical and 
bibliographical papers on malacologists, conchologists, paleontologists, and 
others with an interest in mollusks.  This publication also provides links to 
online digitized works in systematic malacology. 

Since the posting of the first edition (June 2004), and the second edition 
(January 2005), we have received comments and additions from a number of 
colleagues - for which we are most grateful - and we have continued our own searching 
through the literature.  

The Third Edition has more complete coverage of paleontologists, largely from 
Cleevely (1983) and Lambrecht, et al. (1938), as well as more extensive 
coverage of the nineteenth-century explorers and naturalists in Central and South 
America.  

Also, an increasing number of important historical and reference works are 
being digitized and made available online, such as the entire set of the 
"Challenger" Expedition volumes, the "Systema Naturae" of Linnaeus (1758) (and many 
other works available online through "Animalbase" and "Gallica"), Neave's 
"Nomenclator Zoologicus," and Sherborn's "Index Animalium."  These digitization 
projects are invaluable in making rare publications more readily accessible.  

We have also continued to pursue those individuals whose contributions to 
malacology are assuredly less well known than their contributions to other 
fields.  Among the new entries is Hans Christian Andersen, the well-known Danish 
author of children's stories, who turns out to have been an avid collector of 
land and fresh-water mollusks.  

As before, this catalog is a work in progress, and we plan to continue 
posting updated versions on a periodic basis.  We encourage readers to explore and 
use this catalog, and we look forward to receiving your comments, and citations 
to new or overlooked papers.

Gene Coan
Alan Kabat
Richard Petit