Book review

With this third volume, Dr Ortwin Schultz concludes his ‘masterpiece’ on Austrian Neogene bivalves. In sheer size and weight, this part equals the two earlier parts taken together. It has a similarly attractive cover as the first two volumes. There is just one page (p.v) with corrections and additional references. The systematic part, started in volume 1, continues from pp. 691 to 1067, and deals with the superfamilies Solenoidea (pp. 691-699), Tellinoidea (pp. 699-757), Dreissenoidea (pp. 757-829), Arcticoidea (pp. 829-842), Corbiculoidea (pp. 842-850), Veneroidea (pp. 850-983), Myoidea (pp. 984-1003), Gastrochaenoidea (pp. 1003-1008), Hiatelloidea (pp. 1008-1018), Pholadoidea (pp. 1018-1034), Pholadomyoidea (pp. 1034-1042), Pandoroidea (pp. 1042- 1052), Poromyoidea (pp. 1052-1057) and Clavagelloidea (pp. 1057-1060). It concludes with an appendix of various unidentifiable bivalves (pp. 1061-1067).