User:Hyparxis/S. Peter Dance

Stanley Peter Dance is a prominent conchologist who has written many books and papers on conchology. He has had at least five shells named after him e.g. Acteon Dancei.

Biography

He was born in 1932 in Carlisle where he still resides.

Books and Publications

• 1966. Shell Collecting. An Illustrated History. Univ. California Press. 344 pp, 3 color & 32 b/w plates (hardcover).
• 1966 (with Axel A. Olsson). 'The Linnaean Olives'. Bull. American Paleontology. Vol. 50, No. 227, pp 215-223.
• 1969. Dance, S.P. Rare Shells. Univ. Calif. Press. 128 pp, 24 color plates (hardcover).
• 1973. Sea Shells, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. 160 pp, 350 color drawings (hardbound).
• 1974. The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells. McGraw Hill, NY. 288 pp, color illus. (hardcover) NOTE: between 1972 and 1990 at least five versions were printed.
• 1976. The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill, NY. 288 pp, color illus (hard cover).
• 1980 (with J. Moller Christensen) Seashells: Bivalves of the British and Northern European Seas. Penguin, London. (hardcover & paper).
• 1986. A history of shell collecting. 2nd edition. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill - W. Backhuys, xv + 265 pp., 32 pls.
• 1991. (with David Heppell) Classic Natural History Prints. Shells. Studio Editions, London. 128 pp, color illustrations (hardbound).
• 1992. Eyewitness Handbooks: Shells. Dorling Kindersley, NY. 500 species in color w/ distributional maps (hardcover (NOTE: editions in U.K. [1991], Australia & U.S. [19
• 1995 (with D. T. Bosch, R.G. Moolenbeek & P.G. Oliver) Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Motivate Pub., UAE. 296 pp, 1273 color photos (hardcover).
• 2005. Out of My Shell, A diversion for shell lovers. Florida Shells Inc 2 12 pp (hardcover & paper 17.5 x 23.5 cm) [MdMBooks]
• 2011. Dance, S. Peter. The curious case of Conchology versus Malacology. American Conchologist 39(1): 9-11
• 2009. Dance, S. Peter. Jumala and the 'Eyeless Hitler Beetle'. American Conchologist 37(2): 15.
• 2007. Dance, S. Peter. A Shell from Mars. American Conchologist 35(4):33-34
• 2006. Dance, S, Peter. Japanese Shell-matching Game. American Conchologist 34(3): 12-13
• 1982. R. Tucker Abbott & S. Peter Dance. A Compendium of Seashells.
• 2007. Dnce, S. Peter & Harlan E. Wittkopf. Beach Treasures of the Gulf Coast. C-Shell 3, Inc. 56pp
• 1967. Dance, S. Peter & William K. Emerson. Notes on Morum dennisoni (Reeve) and related species (Gastropoda: Tonnacea). The Veliger 10(2): 91-98.
• 1960. Dance, S.P. "Grimwood's Island", its geographical oisition and its connection with Hugh Cuming. Journ. Conch. 24: 443-445.
• 1962. Dance, S.P. The authorship of the Portland Catalogue. J. Soc. Biblphy nat. Hist. 4: 30-34.
• 1967. Danc, S.P. Report on the Linnaean shell collection. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 178: 1-24.
• 1970. Dance, S.P. "Le fanatisme du nobis"; a study of J.-R. Bourguignat and the "Nouvelle Ecole". Journ. Conchology 27: 65-86.
• 1971. Dance, S.P. The Cook voyanges and conchology. Journal Conchology 26: 354-379.
• 1972. Dance, S.P. The Cook voyages and conchology: a supplementary note. Journal Concology 27: 357-358.
• 1972. Dance, S.P. On William Wood's General conchology and Index testACEOLOGICUS. bASTERIA 36: 157-162.
• 1980. Dance, S.P. Hugh Cuming (1791-1865): Prince of collectors. J. Soc. Biblphy nat Hist 9: 477-501.
• 1983. Dance S.P. Konkylier og konkyliensamling gennem tiderne. In Woldbye: Konkylien og Mennesket. pp. 8-20.
• 1984. Dance, S.P. Conchological cosmeticism. Conch. Newsletter 90: 189-192. Source - Edit
• 1970. Dance S.P. Trumpet Ram's horn snail in North Wales [Menetus dilatatus]. pp. 9 with 6 figs. Nature in Wales 12/1
• 1972. Dance S.P. Shells and shell collecting. hardbound, pp. 128 with color and b/n ills
• 1968. Dance, S. P. J. R. Bourguignat's Malacologie de l'Algérie, 1863-1864. - Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (1): 19-22.
• 1969. Dance, S. P. List of J. R. Bourguignat's publications on molluscs. - Journal of Conchology 27: 87-95
• 1969. Dance, S. P. . A name is a name is a name: some thoughts and personal opinions about molluscan scientific names. - Zoologische Mededelingen 82 (7): 567-576
• 1985. Dance, S. P., 1985. Zur Geschichte des Muschelsammelns. Pp. 14-17, in: S. Barten, ed., Die Muschel in der Kunst: Von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart; Museum Bellerive Zürich 29. Mai bis 11. August 1985. Wegleitung des Kunstgewerbemuseums und des Museums Bellerive 352: 114 pp.

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