Paleonet: New Publication Available

Wed May 6 23:24:07 UTC 2009

Hi Paula,
  I gather from the e-mails between you and Lindsey that, as I too  
would like to order Bull of Am. Paleo. no. 376, I need to have you  
send me a proforma invoice to pay on, with member discount, one copy,  
Please.

Thank you,
LouElla
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LouElla R. Saul
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Paleontology Section
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90007

lousaul at earthlink.net

On May 5, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Paula M Mikkelsen wrote:

> Hi Lindsey -
> Unfortunately, we don't have the ability to give member discounts in  
> the online ordering system - a glitch that's still on our list of  
> things to fix. I can send you a proforma invoice to pay on, with  
> your member discount. One copy?
> Paula
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Lindsey Groves <lgroves at nhm.org>  
> wrote:
> Paula:
>
>
>             Many thanks for the notice of this publication …  
> unfortunately I couldn’t see where to apply member discount whilst  
> ordering on line.  Can you assist?  MANY thanks in advance.  All is  
> well at LACM.
>
>
> Aloha,
>
>
> Lindsey
>
>
> *********************************************************************
>
> Lindsey T. Groves
>
> Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
>
> Malacology Section, Collection Manager
>
> 900 Exposition Blvd.
>
> Los Angeles, CA 90007
>
> 213-763-3376 (voice)
>
> 213-746-2999 (fax)
>
> lgroves at nhm.org (e-mail)
>
> http://www.nhm.org/research/malacology/groves.html
>
> *********************************************************************
>
> From: paleonet-bounces at nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-bounces at nhm.ac.uk]  
> On Behalf Of Paula M Mikkelsen
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:49 AM
> To: molluscalist at listlink.berkeley.edu; PaleoNet; Ted Arnold
> Subject: Paleonet: New Publication Available
>
>
> Paleontological Research Institution is proud to announce  
> publication of a new issue in Bulletins of American Paleontology.
>
> Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23.  
> Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca:  
> Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley, by James Robert  
> Freiheit and Dana H. Geary, Bulletins of American Paleontology no.  
> 376 (56 pp., 9 pls., ISBN 978-0-87710-486-5, softcover), US $40.00,  
> available after 5 May 2009.
> Abstract. Gastropods of the family Strombidae are well-known and  
> important constituents of modern tropical marine communities. The  
> biology of several modern species has been thoroughly investigated  
> due to their economic value as a human food resource. Unlike many  
> gastropods, strombids undergo pseudo-determinate growth; they  
> therefore present intriguing possibilities for investigation of size- 
> related patterns of change. Unfortunately, they also display a wide  
> degree of intraspecific morphologic variation, making reliable  
> determination of species identity difficult. In this paper, we  
> examine members of this family from the late Miocene and early  
> Pliocene deposits of the Cibao Valley, located in the northwestern  
> portion of the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of  
> Hispaniola. After brief descriptions of the general geologic setting  
> of the Cibao Valley and the biology of modern strombids, we  
> delineate the observed geographic and stratigraphic ranges for  
> species of Strombus and Lobatus in the Cibao Valley. At least 11  
> species of strombids have been reported from the Dominican Republic.  
> Based on the high degree of intraspecific morphologic variation  
> common in these genera and upon examination of individual specimens,  
> we synonomize several older names and recognize only five species in  
> two genera from the Cibao sequence: S. bifrons, S. proximus, L.  
> haitensis, L. galliformis, and L. dominator. We describe some  
> aspects of strombid paleoecology and summarize spatiotemporal  
> patterns of distribution. Differences exist between modern strombid  
> populations and our collections of Miocene Dominican ones; strombids  
> of the Cibao Valley are in general smaller and appear to have  
> occupied somewhat different habitats than those of their modern  
> relatives.
>
> Publication is imminent and we are now accepting pre-publication  
> orders. Please email me directly for a proforma invoice or order  
> online at www.priweb.org. Members of PRI and booksellers should  
> contact me first to receive discount prices for this and other  
> publications of PRI.
>
> Bulletins of American Paleontology is one of North America's oldest  
> still-publishing monographic series. Print and electronic  
> subscriptions of two issues per year are available to individuals  
> and institutions. Please inquire at  
> publications at museumoftheearth.org or at the address below.
>
> Paula M. Mikkelsen
> Editor
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> Paula M. Mikkelsen, Ph.D.
> Associate Director for Science
> and Director of Publications
> Paleontological Research Institution
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> Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves," http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8484.html
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> ********************************************
> Paula M. Mikkelsen, Ph.D.
> Associate Director for Science
> and Director of Publications
> Paleontological Research Institution
> 1259 Trumansburg Road
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> Tel. (607) 273-6623, ext. 20
> Fax (607) 273-6620
> email  pmm37 at cornell.edu
>
> "No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone  
> else's draft."  -H. G. Wells
>
> See "Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine Mollusks of the  
> Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves," http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8484.html
>
> On Exhibit:
> Charles Darwin: After the Origin
> A collaborative exhibition at Museum of the Earth and the Carl A.  
> Kroch Library at Cornell University
> Made possible through the generosity of Stephan Lowentheil and the  
> Tompkins County Tourism Grants
> February 2 - June 11, 2009
> Mon., Thurs.-Sat. 10 am - 5pm
> Sun. 11 am - 5 pm.
>
> Visit us on the web at www.museumoftheearth.org
> Museum of the Earth is part of Ithaca's Discovery Trail -- Learn  
> more at: www.discoverytrail.net
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