Well, it´s a reference work, what did you expect, hula-hula dancers?

I know, it´s from the wrong ocean

This is the second, last but probably not least volume in the two-volume series "Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands". It covers the families Punctidae and Charopidae. I noticed that many of them were scientifically described for the first time by the author himself. He must have spent a considerable time - and a considerable amount of NSF money - collecting snail shells on the islands of the Pacific. The book covers Fiji, Micronesia and Polynesia (except Hawaii). I'm not sure who would be interested in a work of this sort, but then, it's not a popularized book for the general reader. Indeed, you might get distinctly *un*popular telling your peers that their tax money goes to your pet hobby - collecting snails surrounded by females in hula-hula outfits that would make Captain Cook blush. Still, a reference work is a reference work is a reference work, and since I'm sure it really does work (as a reference, at least), I'll give it three stars.