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Sea Snails: A natural history
Joseph Heller
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Description for Sea Snails: A natural history
Hardcover. Num Pages: 354 pages, 108 black & white illustrations, 135 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVS; PSVT; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 654.
This richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come general characteristics of the Mollusca, to which snails belong; and next, characteristics by which snails (Gastropoda) differ from other molluscs. Then a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, from the primitive to the more advanced, is presented, including both the more abundant and some remote ones of special interest. In detailing primitive sea snails, first limpets ... Read more
This richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come general characteristics of the Mollusca, to which snails belong; and next, characteristics by which snails (Gastropoda) differ from other molluscs. Then a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, from the primitive to the more advanced, is presented, including both the more abundant and some remote ones of special interest. In detailing primitive sea snails, first limpets ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319154510
SKU
V9783319154510
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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