Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea The Illustrated Handbook

Name: Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea The Illustrated Handbook
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ISBN: 9789774160967

ISBN-10: 9774160967

ISBN-13: 9789774160967

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Authors: Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume

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Stunning photographs make this guide to the seashells of Egypt's Red Sea coast a delight for scientists and beachcombers alike. Biologist Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume offers succinct descriptions of over five hundred species, indicating geographic range, size, color, and other details. The book is organized by taxonomy, divided between gastropods and bivalves, and each species is illustrated with one or more photographs for easy identification, all taken especially for this book by the author using shells from her own collection. All the shells most people are likely to see are included here, as well as many rare specimens (including an entirely new species discovered by the author). The…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Publication date: 4/15/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.60" wide x 6.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume has been combing the beaches of Egypt for fifteen years, and is working on her Ph.D. in biodiversity at the University of Nottingham. She has published a number of scientific papers on the seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea.



Foreword



Map


Introduction


Class Gastropoda - The Gastropods


Opisthobranchia


Scaphopoda


Class Bivalvia - The Bivalves


Glossary


Bibliography


Index