Sea Shells of the Texas CoastOne of the most valuable portions of this work is the beautiful set of 369 mollusk photographs and the 65 line drawings that go with the text. One of the major problems in identifying Texas coastal sea shells has long been the lack of adequate illustrations. No single text can be used to identify all the shallow-water shells of Texas. The systematic portion of this book, however, does bring together all the information on coastal species, so that most amateur shell collectors will be able to identify their finds. |
Contents
General Features of the Mollusk | 31 |
Systematic Descriptions | 51 |
A Shell Collecting Trip | 235 |
Copyright | |
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Acad animal APERTURE bays bivalve body whorl brownish cardinal teeth Central clams COLOR Columella Conch convex whorls Corneous crenulate deposit feeder dorsal eggs Elongate conical Entire Epitonium Equivalve Fairly common Family filter feeder flat gastropod Genus GEOLOGIC RANGE Gray growth lines Gulf of Mexico HABITAT HINGE AREA Hist Indies and Texas Inequilateral Infaunal inlet areas jetties Lamarck left valve Ligament LINE & INTERIOR Linné LOCALITIES margin Miocene Miocene to Recent mollusks muscle scars Natur North Carolina numerous oblique OCCURRENCE Offshore OPERCULUM ORNAMENT OR SCULPTURE oval oyster Padre Island Parietal PERIOSTRACUM Phila Pleistocene to Recent Pliocene Port Aransas posterior Proc radial REMARKS ribs ridge right valve rounded sand sculpture consists SHAPE shell shore sinus siphonal canal slightly smooth snail species specimens Spiral sculpture spire Subfamily Subgenus Superfamily suture Texas Texas coast thickened tide transverse Turbonilla turriculate umbilicus Umbones Uncommon visible West Indies yellowish