Central America
Checklist of Mexico and Central America
21-06-2008 12:36
This week Fred Thompson published his
Checklist and bibliography of the
land and freshwater snails of Mexico and Central
America.
It is a very impressive work, bringing together
all information on taxa from this vast and
interesting area. All together it list 1491
species, 278 subspecies, all native, and 20
introduced species. Of these, terrestrial species
number 1139 (130 operculates, 1109 pulmonates).
The importance of this work, even without any revisionary work or photographs, is large. And it will be an invaluable source of reference and future research, both in the short and long term.
By making the publication free online at the website of the Florida Museum of Natural History, it will undoubtedly stimulate the interest of malacologists in Mexico and Central America.
Chapeau Fred!
The importance of this work, even without any revisionary work or photographs, is large. And it will be an invaluable source of reference and future research, both in the short and long term.
By making the publication free online at the website of the Florida Museum of Natural History, it will undoubtedly stimulate the interest of malacologists in Mexico and Central America.
Chapeau Fred!