Bivalves / S. Peter Dance / Simon eiken

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Geoscience and Geoscience
[Contents introduction]
This is a natural science handbook series which is compact size that is easy to carry even for field work.
The 5th series is a shellfish picture book in which you can learn the names and characteristics of shellfish in detail.
The first half contains basic knowledge about shellfish such as collection, storage, names of each part and points of identification.
The second half explains 482 species in the latest taxonomic system along with more than 900 photos.
Accredited by the Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
Introduction 6
Shell Collection
How to use this book
area classification
Shell Habitat
Living Shellfish
Names of Parts
Liolophura japonica
Bivalves
Cephalopods
Glossary
Indexes
Acknowledgments and Pictorial Credits
Biographies
From 1957 to 1972, he worked at the London Museum of Natural History and other facilities in the United Kingdom to manage valuable shell collections.
Searching for shells extended to the Madesanibel Island in Florida and the shores of the Arabian Gulf.
He introduces the charm of shells through television, radio and shell exhibitions.