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.

Download or read book Compendium of seashells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compendium of seashells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 Seashells by the Seashore written by Marianne Berkes and published by Dawn Publications (CA). This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child and her companions collect a number of seashells from one to twelve.

Download or read book Kingdom of the Seashell written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compendium of the Economically Important Seashells in Panay Philippines written by Liberato V. Laureta and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than three hundred photographs in full color, the book is a vivid and informative encyclopedia of seashells in the natural world. The unique combination of photographs and the comprehensive and concise accounts of the different species make this book a valuable reference material. It is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the limited literature available in the field of seashell taxonomy and ecology in the Philippines. It can serve not only as an introductory book for students in marine biology, fisheries, aquatic fauna, or related areas but also as a guide for researchers working on different marine habitats of the Philippine coastal areas.

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.

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.

Download or read book Compendium of Seashells written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hawaiian Seashells written by Mike Severns and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Art of Shelling written by Chuck Robinson and published by Old Squan Village Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights 28 shelling locations along the eastern seaboard with detailed information on how and where to find shells and other beach collectibles.

Download or read book Compendium of Landshells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compendium of Seashells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What a Shell Can Tell written by Helen Scales and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning, lavishly illustrated, and information-packed introduction to the wonder of shells through the art of observation - the perfect book for young explorers, collectors, and nature lovers everywhere

Download or read book Seashells of Southeast Asia written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Houses from the Sea written by Alice E. Goudey and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: