This book brings together knowledge of the recent and former molluscan faune of the deserts and steppes of North Africa.
"[...] this book will be a welcome and indispensable addition to the libraries of many limnologists, malacologists and palaeontologists; it will be valuable also to archaeologists, climatologists and all who have any interest in Africa and its inland waters, past and present."
– Hydrobiologia, 127 (1985)