Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja CaliforniaThe culmination of a ten-year study, Bivalve Seashells of Western North America treats all bivalve mollusks living from northern Baja California, Mexico to Arctic Alaska. A total of 472 species are described and illustrated with detailed photographs and drawings. All habitats in the region are included from the intertidal splash zone to the abyssal depths of the ocean basins. The book has over 4,800 complete bibliographic references to the bivalves, including citations on the biology, physiology, ecology, and taxonomy of this commercially and biologically important group. Character tables and dichotomous keys assist the reader in identification. Also included in the 764 page book is an illustrated key to the superfamiles of the region, and a complete glossary. |
Contents
Clam and Human Interactions | 41 |
Class Bivalvia | 60 |
Superfamily Pristiglomoidea | 78 |
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A. A. Gould adductor muscle Alaska appendix for further Baja California Baja California Sur Bering Sea Biology bivalve Bivalvia British Columbia byssal cardinal teeth Carpenter chondrophore clam Coan commarginal commarginal ribs commarginal striae Conrad County Ctenidia Deshayes elongate F. R. Bernard Family further specimen data G. B. Sowerby gender is feminine genera genus Golfo de California Grant and Gale Hertlein and Grant Hertlein and Strong Hinge plate holotype ICZN inequilateral inflated intertidal zone Isla Island J. E. Gray Journal LACM Lamarck lateral teeth left valve length Ligament Linnaeus Literature Lunule Macoma mantle Marine Miocene Mollusca mollusks Mytilus northeastern Pacific opisthodetic Pallial sinus Periostracum Periostracum thin Pliocene posterior end posteriorly Protobranchia radial ribs radial sulcus Recorded as early resilifer right valve SBMNH Scarlato Sculpture absent shallow Shell ovate siphons subequilateral Subfamily Subgenus subquadrate Superfamily taxa Tellina truncate Type species U. S. Grant USNM ventral