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Book Synopsis Seashells of the World by : R. Tucker Abbott
Download or read book Seashells of the World written by R. Tucker Abbott and published by Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is best viewed on a color device. Seashells of the World is an introduction to the world of marine seashells, emphasizing the most attractive and best-known species. This guide will help you to: -Identify -Classify -Understand the beautiful shells you see and collect No other animals are so widely collected, traded, or bought and sold because of their beauty and rarity.
Book Synopsis Guide to Seashells of the World by : Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver
Download or read book Guide to Seashells of the World written by Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to over 1,200 species of seashells from all around the world.
Book Synopsis Philip's Guide to Seashells of the World by : Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver
Download or read book Philip's Guide to Seashells of the World written by Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver and published by Philip's. This book was released on 2012 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip's Guide to Seashells of the World is a fascinating and informative identification guide to the seashells of the world, illustrated with highly detailed and attractive artworks. More than 1,000 species are illustrated, making this the most comprehensive guide available at a comparable price.This easy-to-use identification guide covers a wide range of shells, from the common to the rare and coveted. The introductory section gives general information on molluscs and their classification, and about collecting shells.In the identification section, over 1,200 species are described and more than 1,000 are illustrated. The description of each species accompanies its illustration, detailing the size, distribution, colour and characteristic features of the shell.
Book Synopsis The Book of Shells by : M.G. Harasewych
Download or read book The Book of Shells written by M.G. Harasewych and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who among us hasn’t marveled at the diversity and beauty of shells? Or picked one up, held it to our ear, and then gazed in wonder at its shape and hue? Many a lifelong shell collector has cut teeth (and toes) on the beaches of the Jersey Shore, the Outer Banks, or the coasts of Sanibel Island. Some have even dived to the depths of the ocean. But most of us are not familiar with the biological origin of shells, their role in explaining evolutionary history, and the incredible variety of forms in which they come. Shells are the external skeletons of mollusks, an ancient and diverse phylum of invertebrates that are in the earliest fossil record of multicellular life over 500 million years ago. There are over 100,000 kinds of recorded mollusks, and some estimate that there are over amillion more that have yet to be discovered. Some breathe air, others live in fresh water, but most live in the ocean. They range in size from a grain of sand to a beach ball and in weight from a few grams to several hundred pounds. And in this lavishly illustrated volume, they finally get their full due. The Book of Shells offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most intriguing mollusk shells, each chosen to convey the range of shapes and sizes that occur across a range of species. Each shell is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the shell’s range, distribution, abundance, habitat, and operculum—the piece that protects the mollusk when it’s in the shell. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each shell and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. The Matchless Cone, for instance, or Conus cedonulli, was one of the rarest shells collected during the eighteenth century. So much so, in fact, that a specimen in 1796 was sold for more than six times as much as a painting by Vermeer at the same auction. But since the advent of scuba diving, this shell has become far more accessible to collectors—though not without certain risks. Some species of Conus produce venom that has caused more than thirty known human deaths. The Zebra Nerite, the Heart Cockle, the Indian Babylon, the Junonia, the Atlantic Thorny Oyster—shells from habitats spanning the poles and the tropics, from the highest mountains to the ocean’s deepest recesses, are all on display in this definitive work.
Download or read book Shells written by DK and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 species of seashell from around the world Authoritative text, crystal-clear photography, and a systematic approach make this the most comprehensive and concise e-guide to seashells of the world. Includes more than 600 full-colour photographs of over 500 species of seashells, this handy reference ebook is designed to cut through the complex process of identification and make it accessible to the average reader. Expertly written and thoroughly vetted, each species entry combines a precise description with annotated photographs to highlight each shell's characteristics and distinguishing features. The entry always includes a distribution map, showing the geographical range of the species, as well as at-a-glance key facts. Includes detailed information on the shape of each genus, differences between the major classes, and more, this is the clearest identification e-guide to seashells for beginners and established enthusiasts alike.
Book Synopsis Compendium of Seashells by : Robert Tucker Abbott
Download or read book Compendium of Seashells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by Odyssey Pub. This book was released on 1998 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 1998 reprint of this classic shell book. All of the world's shells are included, except for the very small (less than 1/2 inch), and the shells from great depths. Each shell is illustrated in color, and the brief description includes size, geographic range and habitat.
Book Synopsis A Field Guide to Shells by : Robert Tucker Abbott
Download or read book A Field Guide to Shells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and depicts eight hundred species of shells.
Book Synopsis Florida's Seashells by : Blair E. Witherington
Download or read book Florida's Seashells written by Blair E. Witherington and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Descriptive accounts, distribution maps, and 265 color photographs describe 252 species of mollusk shells as beachcombers are likely to find them"--P. [4] of cover.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells: Identification, Ecology, Distribution, and History by : John Wesley Tunnell
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells: Identification, Ecology, Distribution, and History written by John Wesley Tunnell and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to seashells found in Texas that discusses the historical uses of mollusks and seashells, the history of conchology and malacology in the state, habitats, and other related topics, and provides information for identifying nine hundred species.
Book Synopsis Seashells of the Caribbean by : Lesley Sutty
Download or read book Seashells of the Caribbean written by Lesley Sutty and published by MacMillan Education, Limited. This book was released on 1990 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the marine shell fauna of the Caribbean is extremely diverse, seeking shelter beneath the sand of beaches, under the rocks of coastal areas, in the soft deep mud of estuaries, in dark submarine caves, in the thick growths of marine prairies, and under branches of vast coral outcrops. It remains unobtrusive and often difficult to discover. Each species has its geographical distribution and populations vary in size, shape and colour according to environment; some animals migrate seasonally far afield. Tidal movement in the Caribbean is unspectacular other than during the spring and autumn equinoxes when shallow reefs and sand flats emerge briefly. The intertidal zone remains stable and undisturbed, with the exception of the passage of tropical storms and hurricanes, governing the lives of many gastropods and bi-valves.
Book Synopsis Seashells of Southern Florida by : Paula M. Mikkelsen
Download or read book Seashells of Southern Florida written by Paula M. Mikkelsen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 947 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels--roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. The first in a series of three volumes on the molluscan fauna of the Keys and adjacent regions, Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves provides a comprehensive treatment of these bivalves, and also serves as a comparative anatomical guide to bivalve diversity worldwide. Paula Mikkelsen and Rüdiger Bieler cover more than three hundred species of bivalves, including clams, scallops, oysters, mussels, shipworms, jewel boxes, tellins, and many lesser-known groups. For each family they select an exemplar species and illustrate its shell and anatomical features in detail. They describe habitat and other relevant information, and accompany each species account with high-resolution shell photographs of other family members. Text and images combine to present species--to family-level characteristics in a complete way never before seen. The book includes fifteen hundred mostly color photographs and images of shells, underwater habitats, bivalves in situ, original anatomical and hinge drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and unique transparent--shell illustrations with major organ systems color-coded and clearly shown. Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves is the most complete guide to subtropical bivalves available. It is an essential tool for students and teachers of molluscan diversity and systematics, and an indispensable identification guide for collectors, scuba divers, naturalists, environmental consultants, and natural-resource managers.
Book Synopsis Philip's Guide to Seashells of the World by : A. P. H. Oliver
Download or read book Philip's Guide to Seashells of the World written by A. P. H. Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and informative guide to the seashells of the world, illustrated with highly detailed and attractive artworks. More than 1,000 species are illustrated, making this the most comprehensive guide available at a comparable price.This easy-to-use identification guide covers a wide range of shells, from the commonest to the most beautiful and coveted. Shells from all parts of the world - from the Gulf of Alaska to the Cape of Good Hope - are described.The introductory section covers molluscs and their classification, terminology, collecting shells and conservation issues, and contains an invaluable identification key.In the identification section, some 1,200 species are described with great detail and clarity. The description of each species, which is always on the same spread as its illustration, gives the size, distribution, colour and characteristic features of the shell.Main map scale:
Download or read book The Magic of Seashells written by Fredlee and published by . This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three youngsters spend the day on the beach hunting for different types of shells.
Book Synopsis Nudibranchs of the Coral Triangle by : Andrey Ryanskiy
Download or read book Nudibranchs of the Coral Triangle written by Andrey Ryanskiy and published by Andrey Ryanskiy. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nudibranchs of the Coral Triangle became the only guide to nudibranchs on the market with an up-to-date 2022 taxonomy after its major update (November 2022) This book is a field guide, an assistant for the identification of nudibranchs species in the region. It is designed for divers, underwater photographers. The book presents 1060+ species nudibranchs that can be found and photographed in depths and regions accessible to recreational diving. Photographs, showing color variations and age differences are included. A lot of species covered by this guide have never before appeared in field guides or popular books. Compact text blocks provide information about Common name, Latin name, family, geographic distribution, size, and the most distinctive features. An extensive photo index at the beginning of the book helps you to find the right group of nudibranchs, especially for readers who have not yet mastered their names. Nudibranchs or sea slugs occur throughout the world’s oceans and are present in many marine habitats. The greatest diversity of species is found in the Indo-Pacific tropics with a concentration of species within the Coral Triangle (CT), encompassing the waters of six Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia, Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands. This global epicenter of marine biodiversity covers only 1.6 percent of the planet’s oceanic area, but attracts an increasing number of divers and underwater photographers, including nudibranch lovers.
Book Synopsis Sea Shells of the World by : Robert Tucker Abbott
Download or read book Sea Shells of the World written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells by : Harald Alfred Rehder
Download or read book National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells written by Harald Alfred Rehder and published by Knopf. This book was released on 1981-08-12 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Book Synopsis Seashells, Crabs, and Sea Stars by : Christiane Kump Tibbitts
Download or read book Seashells, Crabs, and Sea Stars written by Christiane Kump Tibbitts and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Explores the world of seashells, crabs, sea stars, sand dollars, and other things to be discovered at the seashore.
