Overview
Presents a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, both the more abundant as well as remote ones of special interest
Covers all sea snail groups along with five major features of their natural history: defence, locomotion, respiration, nutrition and reproduction
Scientific terms are accompanied by parallel vernacular terms and the text is accompanied by over 200 illustrations
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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A Background
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Primitive Sea Snails
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Advanced Sea Snails
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Away from the Basic Lifestyle
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Man-Snail Links
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sea Snails
Book Subtitle: A natural history
Authors: Joseph Heller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15452-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15451-0Published: 25 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36187-1Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15452-7Published: 16 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 354
Number of Illustrations: 108 b/w illustrations, 135 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biodiversity, Invertebrates, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Animal Ecology