Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, Volume 1
暫譯: 軟體動物的生物學與演化，第一卷

門類軟體動物（Mollusca）是第二大動物群體，幾乎存在於所有棲息地。許多非海洋軟體動物面臨威脅，其滅絕紀錄超過所有四足脊椎動物的總和。這本書將提供數十年來第一本關於軟體動物的綜合介紹，並包含數百幅彩色圖示。一般章節匯集了多樣且廣泛的文獻，而分類章節則提供其演化、系統發生學和分類的概述，以及更具體和詳細的生物學（繁殖、攝食與消化、排泄、呼吸等）、其悠久的化石紀錄和自然歷史的內容。這將是第一卷。

主要銷售特色：

- 全面回顧軟體動物的生物學和演化歷史
- 包含解剖系統的解剖學和生理學描述
- 最新的處理，並附有全面的參考書目
- 回顧主要軟體動物系譜的系統發生歷史。

Winston F. Ponder (Ph.D, D.Sc, FRZSNSW) was educated in New Zealand, and employed as a curator at the Australian Museum in 1968, where he was a Principal Research Scientist in 1980 to his retirement in 2005. He has held honorary appointments at several universities through co-supervision of post graduate students and running courses on systematics and on Mollusca. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow of the Australian Museum. He has been actively involved with several societies, in particular, the Malacological Society of Australasia, and edited their journal, Molluscan Research, for 13　years (until last Dec.). He has served on several committees, including the Australian Biological Resources Survey (ABRS) Advisory Committee for six years. His research interests centre on molluscan morphology, systematics, and phylogenetics, especially of gastropods. He has also been involved in the conservation of invertebrates, and his recent research is focused on the biology and systematics of freshwater and estuarine molluscs of Australia and the region as well as the aquatic invertebrate fauna of springs associated with the Australian Great Artesian Basin. He co-edited a book on the phylogeny of molluscs with D. Lindberg (2008) and has edited three other books and, to date, is the author of 247 reviewed publications. He is also involved in the production of interactive keys to marine and freshwater molluscs.

David R. Lindberg is Professor Emeritus of Integrative Biology, Curator Emeritus in the UC Museum of Paleontology, and a former member of the Center for Computational Biology at UC Berkeley. He is a former Chair of the Department of Integrative Biology, Director of the UC Museum of Paleontology, and Chair of the UC Berkeley Natural History Museums. He has authored over 125 peer-reviewed papers and edited or authored 3 books on the evolutionary history of nearshore marine organisms and their habitats. At Berkeley, he served as major advisor to 21 Ph.D graduate students and 6 post-doctoral researchers. In addition to providing graduate seminars in evolution and organismal biology, he regularly taught a marine mammal course, an invertebrate zoology course with laboratories, and 2 semester principals of phylogenetics course. Prof. Lindberg has conducted research and fieldwork along the rocky shores of the Pacific Rim for over 40　years. In addition to his research and teaching, Prof. Lindberg was actively involved in K・16 outreach projects at the UC Museum of Paleontology, and focused on the use of the Internet to increase access to scientific resources, and the training of teachers in principles of evolutionary biology, science, and global change.

Winston F. Ponder（博士，科學博士，FRZSNSW）在紐西蘭接受教育，並於1968年在澳大利亞博物館擔任策展人，1980年成為首席研究科學家，直到2005年退休。他在幾所大學擔任榮譽職位，通過共同指導研究生和開設系統學及軟體動物課程來進行教學。目前，他是澳大利亞博物館的高級研究員。他積極參與多個學會，特別是澳大利亞軟體動物學會，並編輯了他們的期刊《Molluscan Research》長達13年（直到去年12月）。他曾在幾個委員會中任職，包括澳大利亞生物資源調查（ABRS）諮詢委員會，任期六年。他的研究興趣集中在軟體動物的形態學、系統學和系統發生學，特別是腹足類動物。他還參與無脊椎動物的保護工作，最近的研究專注於澳大利亞及其周邊地區的淡水和河口軟體動物的生物學和系統學，以及與澳大利亞大 artesian 盆地相關的泉水的水生無脊椎動物群。他與D. Lindberg共同編輯了一本關於軟體動物系統發生的書籍（2008年），並編輯了另外三本書籍，至今已發表247篇經審核的出版物。他還參與製作海洋和淡水軟體動物的互動鑑定工具。

David R. Lindberg是整合生物學的名譽教授，UC古生物學博物館的名譽策展人，以及加州大學伯克利分校計算生物學中心的前成員。他曾擔任整合生物學系主任、UC古生物學博物館館長，以及加州大學伯克利自然歷史博物館的主任。他已發表超過125篇同行評審的論文，並編輯或撰寫了3本有關近岸海洋生物及其棲息地的進化歷史的書籍。在伯克利，他擔任21名博士研究生和6名博士後研究人員的主要指導老師。除了提供進化和生物學的研究生研討會外，他還定期教授海洋哺乳動物課程、帶有實驗室的無脊椎動物學課程，以及兩學期的系統發生學原理課程。Lindberg教授在太平洋邊緣的岩石海岸進行了超過40年的研究和實地考察。除了研究和教學外，Lindberg教授還積極參與UC古生物學博物館的K‧16外展項目，專注於利用互聯網增加科學資源的可及性，以及培訓教師有關進化生物學、科學和全球變化的原則。