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Shortly
after his 93rd birthday the well known Conus-researcher Dr. jur. Dieter
Röckel passed away peacefully after a short serious illness last
Wednesday in his home in Eberbach/Baden, Germany. Beginning of the
1970ies he became interested in the conchology and quickly evolved to
an enthusiastic collector, first of all kind of shells, concentrating
interim of door snails and finally of Conus since 1975. After a
long-term collecting trip to the Cape Verde Islands in 1979/1980 he
started to describe Conus-species scientifically, lasting finally in 60
taxa he authored or co-authored. Between 1970 and 2001 he published
more than 170 papers on malacology (see Mitt. dtsch. malakozool. Ges,
71/72: 31-50), his most important one, the Manual of Living Conidae,
Indo-Pacific Region of 1995, being still the bible for Conus-lovers and
scientists. Klaus Groh
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