ABSTRACT
The first comprehensive treatment on the physiology of molluscs was published in two volumes, edited by K. M. Wilbur and C. M. Yonge in 1964 and 1966. Almost 20 years later, a landmark compendium in multiple edited volumes on the biology of molluscs was published between 1983 and 1988. This series dedicated two volumes (volumes 4 and 5) to review papers on molluscan physiology. K. M. Wilbur was the editor-in-chief of this important series. The volumes in 1964 and 1966 and those in the 1980s were all published by then Academic Press.
