National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells: North AmericaThe most comprehensive field guide available to North American seashells--a must-have for any enthusiast's day pack or home library--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. Featuring a durable vinyl binding and over 700 full-color identification photographs organized visually by color and shape, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells is an essential book for beach-combers and divers on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of North America and the West Indies. Discover the sea's treasures with this handy guide, which features gorgeous photos and detailed information on living mollusks, abalone, periwinkles, conchs, limpets, oysters, clams, mussels, and cockles. |
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
How to Use This Guide | 31 |
Color Plates | 52 |
Copyright | |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1981 |
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Shells: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1981 |
Common terms and phrases
Alaska angled Aperture Atlantic axial ribs Baja California base beaded bivalves body whorl Brazil broad broadly ovate brownish byssus callus Canal Carolina to Brazil central teeth Chiton Clam coasts color Columella concentric ridges conical spire curved deep Description Elongately ovate Exterior flattened Florida Keys front end gastropods genera grayish growth lines Habitat half shell length hind end hinge Interior white Interior whitish irregular knobs larvae left valve ligament Limpet line to water low-tide level low-tide line lower margin moderately mollusks muscle scar narrow North Carolina northern Nut Clam operculum Outer lip oval pale pallial sinus periostracum radial radula Range reddish-brown riblets right valve rocks rounded sand scalloped sculpture siphonal slightly smooth species found species name spiral cords spiral ridges spiral threads Spire whorls spots suture thick-shelled thin tooth triangular Umbilicus umbones upper margin usually Wentletrap West Indies Whorls convex yellowish yellowish-white