SHELLS
PAUL STAROSTA
5 CONTINENTS EDITIONS
Editor-in-Chief Aldo Carioli
Art Director Stefano Montagnana
Editor Lucia Moretti
Graphic Design Lara Gariboldi
Prepress Maurizio Brivio, Milan, Italy
Translation form the Italian and French
Margaret and Klaus Brasch
Proofreading Charles Gute
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ISBN 979-12-5460-082-5
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Printed on Sappi Magno Volume 170 gr paper and bound in Italy in Xxxxxx 2025 by Tecnostampa – Pigini Group Printing Division Loreto –Trevi, Italy, for 5 Continents Editions, Milan
Cover: Meiocardia moltkiana / Glossidae [see entry for page 183]