National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells North America

Name: National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells North America
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ISBN: 9780394519135

ISBN-10: 0394519132

ISBN-13: 9780394519135

Edition: 1981

Authors: National Audubon Society, James M. Carmichael, National Audubon Society Staff

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The essential book for beach-combers and divers, this guide explores more than 705 seashells, living mollusks, abalone, periwinkles, conchs, limpets, oysters, clams, mussels, and cockles found on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of North America and the West Indies. The photographs are arranged by shape and color, making identification quick and easy.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/12/1981
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 896
Size: 4.05" wide x 7.72" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.298



Introduction


How to Use This Guide



Color Plates


Key to the Color Plates


Thumb Tab Guide


Color Plates


Cones


Helmets and Conchs


Murexes, Tritons, Whelks, and Others


Worm and Carrier Shells


Caecums and Tusks


Augers, Horn Shells, and Others


Dove Shells, Ceriths, and Others


Periwinkles, Wentletraps, and Others


Tops and Turbans


Moon Snails, Nerites, and Others


Trivias and Cowries


Margin Shells and Eratos


Olives, Bubble Shells, and Others


Limpets


Keyhole Limpets


Slipper and Cup-and-Saucer Shells


Abalones


Chitons


Scallops


Cockles, Arks, Angel Wings, and Others


Clams, Pandoras, and Others


Mussels, Razor Clams, and Pen Shells


Oysters, Jewel Boxes, and Jingle Shells


Living Mollusks



Text


Chitons


Gastropods


Tusk Shells


Bivalves



Appendices


Shell Collecting


Glossary


Picture Credits


Index