A Listing of Reference Literature
About the Tree Snails
of the Genus Liguus

The following is a listing of SOME of the literature relating to the Tree Snails of the genus
Liguus. If anyone knows of errors or omissions to this list please contact
EJPower@ix.netcom.com so that any corrections or additions may be incorporated to this list.

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Books
Parkinson, B., J. Hemmen and K. Groh, 1987. Tropical Landshells of the World.
Weisbaden, 279 pages, color plates 1 - 7.

Abbott, R.T., 1989. Compendium of Landshells.
American Malacologists Inc, 240 pages, pages 108 - 120.
Published Papers
Pilsbry, H.A., 1946. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico).
Monographs No. 3, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,
Volume II, Part I, pages 37 - 102 and Frontspiece (color plate).

Jaume, M.L., 1952. Catalogo de los Moluscos del Genero Liguus.
Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Malacologia de la Habana, Mar, pages 515 - 527.

Jaume, M.L., 1954. Novedades en Liguus de Cuba e Isla de Pinos.
Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Zoologia de la Habana, Sep-Oct, 1954,
pages 1375 - 1388.

Jaume, M.L., 1954. Catalogo del Genero Liguus en Cuba (Molusca:Gasteropoda).
Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Zoologia de la Habana, Nov-Dec 1954,
pages 1423 - 1450.

Clench, W.J., 1946. A Catalogue of the Genus Liguus with a Description of a
new Subgenus. Occasional Papers on Molluscs, Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Vol 1(10): 117-128.

Clench, W.J., 1965. Supplement to Catalogue of the Genus Liguus .
Occasional Papers on Molluscs, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol 2(34): 425.

Clench, W.J., 1934. New Mollusks in the Genus Liguus from Cuba and the Isle of Pines.
West Indian Mollusks No. 8.. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8:101-124, plates 5-7.

Clench, W.J., 1951. A New Color Form of Liguus from Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica "Carlos de la Torre", 7(3):93-94

Clench, W.J., 1935. New Races of Liguus from Florida and Cuba.
The Nautilus, Vol XLVIII, No. 4:121-125.

Fernandez, I. and Gloria Perera, 1997. The Influence of Some Environmental Factors on the Distribution of the Different Morphs of Liguus fasciatus sanctamariae in Santa Maria, Cuba .
Malacological Review, 1997, Vol 30, pages 71-76.

Roth, Barry and Arthur E. Bogan, 1984. Shell Color and Banding Parameters
of the Liguus fasciatus Phenotype (Mollusca:Pulmonata). American
Malacological Bulletin, Volume 3(1), pages 1 - 10.

Addison, David and Kurt Auffenberg, 1996. The Distribution of Liguus fasciatus and Orthalicus floridensis in the Coastal Hammocks on the Southwest Coast of Florida. Malacological Review, Volume 29, pages 79 - 83.

Voss, R. S., 1976. Observations on the Ecology of the Florida Tree Snail,
Liguus fasciatus (Muller). The Nautilus, Volume 90 (2), pages 65 - 69.

Hillis, D.M., M.T. Dixon and A.L. Jones, 1991. Minimal Genetic Variation
in a Morphologically Diverse Species (Florida Tree Snail, Liguus fasciatus).
Journal of Heredity, Volume 82 (4), pages 282 - 286.

Hillis, D.M., D.S. Rosenfeld and Modesto Sanchez, Jr., 1987. Allozymic Variability
and Heterozygote Deficiency Within and Among Morphologically Polymorphic
Populations of Liguus fasciatus (Mollusca:Pulmonata:Bulimulidae).
American Malacological Bulletin, Volume 5(2), pages 153 - 157.

Tuskes,P.M., 1981. Population Structure and Biology of Liguus Tree Snails on
Lignumvitae Key, Florida. The Nautilus, Volume 95(4), pages 162 - 169.

Jones, A.L. , E.C. Winte and Oron L. Bass, Jr., 1981. The Status of Florida Tree
Snails (Liguus fasciatus), Introduced to Everglades National Park. Report T-622.

Young, F.N., 1951. Vanishing and Extinct Colonies of Tree Snails,
Liguus fasciatus, in the Vicinity of Miami, Florida. Occasional Papers Museum
of Zoology University of Michigan, Number 531, 21 pages.

Young, F.N., 1960. Color Pattern Variation Among Snails of the genus Liguus
on the Florida Keys. Bulletin Florida State Museum, Biol. series, Volume 5, pages 259 - 266.

Jones, A.L., 1979. Descriptions of Six New Forms of Florida Tree Snails, Liguus fasciatus.
The Nautilus, Volume 93(4), pages 153 - 159, color plate.
Popular Articles
Close, H.T., 1978. Lure of the Liguus.
Of Sea and Shore. [A series of articles on the Liguus, it is now published
as a bound softcover by Of Sea and Shore Publications (Tom Rice, Ed./Pub.)].

Humes, R., 1965. A Short History of Liguus Collecting.
Tequesta, the Journal of the Historical Assoc of Southern Florida, Vol 25.

Davidson, T., 1965. Tree Snails, Gems of the Everglades.
Journal of the National Geographic Society, Volume127(3), pages 372 - 387.
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