A Handbook To Australian Seashells

Author : Barry Robert Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781876334420
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook to Australian Seashells written by Barry Robert Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Handbook to Australian Seashells will help you to identify most of the shells you find, no matter where you are on the Australian coast.It includes over 375 species of the most common seashells found along our seashores. Each one is illustrated with a beautiful colour photograph showing its colours, patterns, shape and sculpture.

Author : Alan Hinton
Publisher : Pergamon
ISBN 13 : 9780080329833
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Australian Shells written by Alan Hinton and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joyce Allan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Shells written by Joyce Allan and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas M. Stone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Sea Shells written by Douglas M. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan G. Hinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Australian Shells written by Alan G. Hinton and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Child
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Sea Shells written by John Child and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mussel - Seashells - Squid - Sea slug___

Author : Sharman Nance Stone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780670904501
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Sea Shells written by Sharman Nance Stone and published by . This book was released on 1991-08-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M.G. Harasewych
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022617705X
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver
Publisher : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9781552979433
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Neville Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780454002997
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Young Observer's Book of Australian Seashells written by Neville Coleman and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abolone - Blue-ringed octopus - Giant clam - Limpet - Mussel - Oyster - Pearl shell - Sea slug - Squid _