Literature
I list here the references (and some internet pages) I mostly use to attach the correct label to my finds.
General
- Berschauer, D.P. & Clark, R.N. 2018. Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province. – 131 pp. The San Diego Shell Club; San Diego, Ca.
Surprisingly, this nicely illustrated guide does not share too many species with the Gulf of California.
- Bertsch, H. & Aguilar Rosas, L.E. 2016. Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. – Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 432 pp. Ensenada.
A well illustrated guide for all invertebrates of the Gulf of California, the Pacific coast of Baja California and parts of the Mexican coast south of the peninsula. The book shows mainly living animals and gives very detailed information about the habitats and distribution.
- Brusca, R.C. 1980. Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. – 513 pp. University of Arizona Press; Tuscon, Ariz.
A guide to all common species of the Gulf of California.
- Gurgo Salice, P. & Cáceres, C. 2021. Baja Californian sea shells. – 232 + XXXII p. Monee IL.
This recently published book is more an iconography than a field guide. It shows on 110 colour pages around 1100 species.
- Keen, A.M. 1971. Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru: Marine Molluscs from Baja California to Peru. – 1064 pp. Stanford University Press; Stanford, Ca.
More than fifty years old, this book is - at least for the gastropods - still the most comprehensive compilation.
- Morris, P.A. 1966. Pacific coast shells. – 295 pp. The Easton Press; Norwalk, Conn.
Also somehow old, but it shows the most common shells.
- Moser Marlett, C. 2014. Shells on a desert shore. – 281 pp. University of Arizona Press; Tuscon, Ariz.
A wonderful book with excellent drawings on the shells in the central part of the Gulf of California and their use by the Seri people.
- Ortíz-Arellano, M.A. & Flores-Campaña, L.M. 2008. Catalogo descriptivo e ilustrado de los moluscos de la zona Intermareal de las islas de la bahía de Navachiste, Sinaloa, México. – 122 pp. Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa y Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa; Mazatlán.
Although this work deals only with intertidal species, and only around 70 species are shown, it gives good descriptions, illustrations, size updates and habitat information.
- Rehder, H.A. et al. 1981. The Audubon Society Field Guide to Borth American Seashells. – 894 pp. Alfred A. Knopf; New York, N.Y.
Although better illustrated than Morris (1966), the mix of eastern Pacific, Caribbean and western Atlantic makes the work with the book a little bit difficult.
Bivalves
Coan, E.V. & Valentich-Scott, P. 2012. Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. – 1258 pp. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
This recently published monograph is excellent for the taxonomy of the bivalves.
- Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-Color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. – 904 pp. Conchbooks (Hackenheim).
- Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8'500 Bivalve Species and 10'500 Synonyms. – 907 pp. Conchbooks (Harxheim).
This two volume compilation is the most complete ever published on marine Bivalvia.
ter Poorten, J.J. 2024. A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Cardiidae. – 600 pp. Conchbooks (Harxheim).
New monograph on the world-wide Cardiidae with various taxonomic changes that also concern the fauna from the Gulf of California.
Cephalopoda
Finn, J.K. 2013. Taxonomy and biology of the argonauts (Cephalopoda: Argonautidae) with particular reference to Australian material. – Molluscan Research, 33, 3: 143-222.
Gastropods
Selected families (the list shows only books or articles I have consulted)
Architectonicidae
Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). – Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg, NF. 30: 1-376 Hamburg.
Bullidae & Haminoeidae
Valdés, A. 2019. Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. – Zoosymposium, 13: 242-304.
Bursidae
Beu, A.G. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. – Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377-378: 550 pp., 79 pls.
Calyptreidae
- Collin, R. 2019. Calyptraeidae from the northeast Pacific (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). – Zoosymposium, 13: 107-130.
- Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent Crepidula and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. – Malacologia, 16, 2: 353-420.
- Paredes, C. & Cardoso, F. 2007. La familia Calyptraeidae en Perú (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). – Rev. peru. biol., 13, 3: 177-184.
Cancellariidae
Hemmen, J. 2007. Recent Cancellariidae. – 428 pp. privately published (Wiesbaden).
Cassidae
Beu, A.G. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. – Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377-378: 550 pp., 79 pls.
Colubrariidae
Olsson, A.A. & Bayer, F.M. 1972. American Metulas (Gastropods: Buccinidae). – Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions, 96: 900-925.
Conidae
- Tenorio, M.J., Tucker, J.R. & Chaney, H.W. 2012. The families Conilithidae and Conidae - The Conus of the Eastern Pacific. &ndsh; A Conchological Iconography, 18: 1-200.
- Tucker, J.R. & Tenorio, M.J. 2013. Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells. – 517 pp. MdM Publishing; Wellington, Fl.
- Kersten, P. (2015) Cone Collector's Guide.
Cymatiidae
- Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae & Personidae of the World. – 263 pp. Christa Hemmen (Wiesbaden).
- Beu, A.G. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. – Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377-378: 550 pp., 79 pls.
Cypraeidae
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the world. – 125 pp. Gordon Verhoef Seacomber Publications.
— I know that this source is absolutely not up to date, but the few Cypraea that are found here are not an extraordinary scientific challenge.
Epitoniidae
- Weil, A., Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. 1999. The Wentletrap Book: Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the World. – 244 pp. Evolver srl (Roma).
- Beu, A.G. 2017. Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). – Records of the Australian Museum, 69, 3: 119-222.
Eratoidae
Fehse, D. & Simone, L.R.L. 2020. Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. X. Revision of the genus Archierato Schilder, 1933 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). – Zootaxa, 4851, 1: 81-110; Auckland.
Littorinidae
Alf, A. 2023. Unauffällige Überlebenskünstler: Die Littorinidae. – Club Conchylia Mitteilungen, 42: 47-54.
Mitridae
Fedosov, A. et al. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). – Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183: 253-337. London.
Muricidae
- Radwin, G. & D'Attilio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world. An illustrated guide to the Muricidae. – 284 pp. Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA).
- Kool, S.P. 1993. Phylogenetic analysis of the Rapaninae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). – Malacologia, 35, 2: 155-259.
- Houart, R. 2014. Living Muricidae of the World - Muricinae - Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. – 197 pp. Conchbooks (Harxheim).
- Houart, R. 2024. Living Muricidae of the World: Ocenebrinae. – 238 pp. Conchbooks (Harxheim).
Naticidae
Torigoe, K. & Inaba, A. 2011. Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. – Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum, 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
Olividae
- Tursch, B. & Greifeneder, D. 2001. Oliva shells – the genus Oliva and the species problem. – 570 pp. L'Informatore Piceno (Ancona).
- Sterba, G.H.W. 2004. Olividae - A collectors Guide. – 172 pp. Conchbooks (Hackenheim).
- Hunon, C. et al. 2009. Olividae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). – 256 pp. Xenophora (Paris).
Personidae
- Parth, M. 1989. More about the complex of Distorsio constricta and description of Distorsio minoruohnishii n. sp. – La Conchiglia, 21: 246-249.
- Emerson, W.K. & Piech, B.J. 1992. Remarks on Distorsio constricta (Broderip, 1833) and related species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Personidae). – The Veliger, 35, 2: 105-116.
- Beu, A.G. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. – Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377-378: 550 pp., 79 pls.
Terebridae
- Terryn, Y. 2007. A collectors guide to Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). – 57 pp., 65 pls. Conchbooks (Hackenheim).
- Lorenz, F. & Terryn, Y. 2024. Auger Shells - Handbook to the Gastropod Family Terebridae. – Molluscan Science - A World of Fascination and Beauty, 5: 76 pp.
Tonnidae
Beu, A.G. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. – Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377-378: 550 pp., 79 pls.
Triviidae
- Fehse, D. & Grego, J. 2014. Revision of the genus Pusula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Triviidae) Allied Cowries - Contribution to the knowledge of Triviidae. – 92 pp., 50 pls. privately published.
- Fehse, D. & Grego, J. 2020. Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XXXIX. Revision of the taxa assigned to the genus Pseudopusula Fehse & Grego, 2014, Part 2. – Acta Conchyliorum, 19: 85-113.
Vasidae
Vermeij, G.J. 2024. Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the Family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). – Zootaxa, 5405, 4: 526-544
Velutinidae
Behrens, D.W. 1980. The Lamellariidae of the North eastern Pacific. – The Veliger, 22, 4: 323-339; Berkeley.
Xenophoridae
Ponder, W.F. 1983. A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the World and of the Australian Fossil Species (Mollusca : Gastropoda). – Australian Museum Memoir, 17: 1-126; Sydney.
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