Strombid Bibliography, W - Z

Wada, K., R. Fukao, T. Kawamura, M. Nishida and Y. Yanagisawa.

1983. Distribution and growth of the gastropod Strombus luhuanus at Shirahama, Japan. Publ. Seto. Mar. Biol. Lab. 28(5-6): 417-432.

Wagner, R.J.L. and R.T. Abbott.

1978. Standard catalog of shells. Third edition. American Malacologists, Inc., Greenville, Delaware.

Waite, J.M. and A.W. Stoner.

1992. Habitat choice and the distribution of juvenile conch, progress report. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 42: 142-145.

Waller, T.R.

1973. The habits and habitats of some Bermudian marine mollusks. Nautilus 87: 31-52.

Walls, J.G.

1980. Conchs, tibias, and harps. T.H.F. Publications, Neptune, New Jersey, 191 pp.

Wardlaw, N., A. Oldershaw and M. Stout.

1978. Transformation of aragonite to calcite in a marine gasteropod. Can. J. Earth Sci, 15(11): 1861-1866.

Warmke, G.L. and R.T. Abbott.

1975. Caribbean Seashells. Dover Publ., Inc., New York, 348 pp.

Watters, D. R., J. Donahue, and R. Stuckenrath.

1992. Paleoshorelines and the prehistory of Bermuda, West Indies. Pages 15-52 in: L.L. Johnsos (eds.). Paleoshorelines and Prehistory: An Investigation of Method. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Wawra, E. and H. Sattmann.

1986. Contributions on the radula of Strombus decorus (Roeding, 1798) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Mediterranean. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien (Ser. B, Bot. Zool.) 90: 357-360.

Wefer, J. and J.S. Killingley.

1984. Growth histories of strombid snails from Bermuda recorded in their O-18 and C-13 profiles. Mar. Biol. 60: 129-135.

Weil, E. and R.A. Laughlin.

1982. El agotamiento de un recurso pesquero: ejemplo de un caso actual, el botuto Strombus gigas Linné en el Archipiélago de los Roques. Ciencia al Dia 1:21-25.

Weil M., E. and R. Laughlin G.

1984. Biology, population dynamics, and reproduction of the queen conch Strombus gigas Linné in the Archipiélago de Los Roques National Park. J. Shellfish Res. 4(l): 45-62.

Weil, E. and R.A. Laughlin.

1994. Laboratory cultures of larvae of Strombus gigas L. in the Dos Mosquises Marine Station, Los Roques National Park, Venezuela: final results. In: Appeldoorn, R.S. and B. Rodríguez Q. (Eds.), Queen conch biology, fisheries and mariculture, p. 275-293. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas, Venezuela.

Weisbord, N.E.

1926. Notes on marine mollusks from Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Nautilus 39: 81-87.

Wells, F.E. and C.W. Bryce.

2000. Molluscan surveys of offshore coral reefs in northwestern Australia and adjacent biogeographical areas. Special publication Phuket Marine Biological Center 21(2):395-404.

Wells, S.M., R.M. Pyle and N.M. Collins.

1983. Queen or pink conch. International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Invertebrate Red Book. Gland, Switzerland, pp. 79-90.

Whitlatch, R.B. and R.W. Osman.

1994. A qualitative approach to managing shellfish populations: assessing the relative importance of trophic relationships between species. Journal of Shellfish Research 13(1):229-242.

Whitting, D.

2003. The current status of the queen conch. Bahamas Journal of Science 10(2): 12-20.

Wicklund, R.I. and L. Hepp.

1987. Ongoing population studies of juvenile queen conch Strombus gigas, in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas. [Abstract]. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 38: 378.

Wicklund, R.I., L.J. Hepp and G.A. Wenz.

1991. Preliminary studies on the early life history of the queen conch, Strombus gigas, in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 40: 283-298.

Wiedemeyer, W.L.

1998. Contributions to the larval biology of the red-lipped conch, Strombus luhuanus L. 1758, with respect to seed production for mariculture. Aquacult. Res. 29(1): 1-7.

Wilkins, R. M., M.H. Goodwin and D.M. Reid.

1987. Research applied to conch resource management in St. Kitts/Nevis. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 38: 370-375.

Willan, R.C.

2000. Strombus hickeyi, a new species in the subgenus Labiostrombus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the tropical southwestern Pacific Ocean. Vita Marina 47(1): 18-24.

Willan, R.C. and G.C. Kronenberg.

2004. Rectification of nomenclature for two species in the family Strombidae (Gastropoda). Basteria 67(4-6):153-157.

Wodinsky, J.

1969. Penetration of the shell and feeding on gastropods by Octopus. Am. Zool. 9: 997-1010.

Wodinsky, J.

1971. Movement as a necessary stimulus of Octopus predation. Nature (Lond.) 229(5285): 493-494.

Wood, D. and D.A. Olsen.

1983. Application of biological knowledge to the management of the Virgin Islands conch fishery. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 35: 112-121.

Woon, G.L.

1983. Preliminary algal preference studies and observations of conchs, Strombus gigas L. and Strombus costatus Gmelin held in high density. J. World Mariculture Soc. 14: 162-163.

Work, R.C.

1969. Systematics, ecology, and distribution of the mollusks of Los Roques, Venezuela. Bull Mar Sci. 19: 614-711.

Wyman, J.

1875. Freshwater shell mounds on the St. John's River, Florida. Mem. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1(4): 1-94.

Yamanaka, T. and C. Mizota.

2001. Sulfur nutrition of gastropods and bivalves relevant to the mangrove forests: A case study from central Sumatra, Indonesia. Venus the Japanese Journal of Malacology 60(1-2): 71-78.

Yasumoto, T., Y. Oshima and T. Konta.

1981. Analysis of paralytic shellfish toxins of xanthid crabs in Okinawa. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 47(7): 957-959.

Yonge, C.M.

1932. On the size attained by the crystalline style in Tridacna and Strombus. Proc. Malacol. Soc. Lond. 20: 44-45.

Zambrano-Arjona, M., A. Hernandez-Ayala, J.P. Valcarcel, D. Aguilar, P. Quintana, D. Aldana-Aranda, and J.J. Alvarado-Gil.

2004. Physical properties of the milk conch Strombus costatus (Mollusca Gastropoda) and its consequences on the shell growth development. [Abstract]. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 55:991-992.

Zamora Bustillos, R., L.A. Rodriguez Gil, F. Garcia de Leon, and J. Tello Cetina.

2004. Analisis de la estructura genetica de poblaciones del caracol rosado, Strombus gigas (L.) en la Peninsula de Yucatan. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 55:914-930.

Zans, V.A. and C.B. Lewis.

1954. Note on the occurrence of Strombus samba Clench in Jamaica. Nat. Hist. Notes, No. 66, p. 102.

Zarate, M.

1985. The fishery industry of the queen conch Strombus gigas in Cayo de Serrana, Colombia. (In Spanish: La pesca industrial del caracol de pala Strombus gigas en el Cayo de Serrana, Colombia). INDERENA, Cartagena, Columbia, 9 pp.

Zetina Zarate, A.I., E. Garcia Santaella, and D. Aldana Aranda.

2007. [Poster abstract]. Biological and ecological aspects of the fighting conch Strombus pugilis in Seybaplaya, Campeche, Mexico. Proceedings Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 59:700.

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