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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781782403562 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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rda |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QL 405 |
| Item number |
.H212 2017 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Harasewych, M.G. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
24130 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The book of shells : |
| Remainder of title |
a life-size guide to identifying and classifying six hundred shells / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
M.G. Harasewych and Fabio Moretzsohn. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
United Kingdom : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Ivy Press. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017. |
| 265 ## - SOURCE FOR ACQUISITION/SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS |
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| Source for acquisition/subscription address |
ForeFront Book Co., Inc. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
655 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; |
| Dimensions |
28 cm. |
| 336 ## - rdacontent |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 644-645) and indexes. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Foreword -- Introduction -- What is a mollusk? -- What is a shell? -- Shell collecting -- Identifying seashells -- Shells -- Chitons -- Bivalves -- Scaphopods -- Gastropods -- Cephalopods -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Resources -- Evolutionary classification of the mollusca -- Index of species by common name -- Index of species by scientific name -- Acknowledgments |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
From the Publisher: Who among us hasn't marveled at the diversity and beauty of shells? Or picked one up, held it to our ear, and then gazed in wonder at its shape and hue? Many a lifelong shell collector has cut teeth (and toes) on the beaches of the Jersey Shore, the Outer Banks, or the coasts of Sanibel Island. Some have even dived to the depths of the ocean. But most of us are not familiar with the biological origin of shells, their role in explaining evolutionary history, and the incredible variety of forms in which they come. Shells are the external skeletons of mollusks, an ancient and diverse phylum of invertebrates that are in the earliest fossil record of multicellular life over 500 million years ago. There are over 100,000 kinds of recorded mollusks, and some estimate that there are over a million more that have yet to be discovered. Some breathe air, others live in fresh water, but most live in the ocean. They range in size from a grain of sand to a beach ball and in weight from a few grams to several hundred pounds. And in this lavishly illustrated volume, they finally get their full due. The Book of Shells offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most intriguing mollusk shells, each chosen to convey the range of shapes and sizes that occur across a range of species. Each shell is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the shell's range, distribution, abundance, habitat, and operculum-the piece that protects the mollusk when it's in the shell. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each shell and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. The Matchless Cone, for instance, or Conus cedonulli, was one of the rarest shells collected during the eighteenth century. So much so, in fact, that a specimen in 1796 was sold for more than six times as much as a painting by Vermeer at the same auction. But since the advent of scuba diving, this shell has become far more accessible to collectors-though not without certain risks. Some species of Conus produce venom that has caused more than thirty known human deaths. The Zebra Nerite, the Heart Cockle, the Indian Babylon, the Junonia, the Atlantic Thorny Oyster-shells from habitats spanning the poles and the tropics, from the highest mountains to the ocean's deepest recesses, are all on display in this definitive work |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Shells. |
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sears |
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8256 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mollusks. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 9 (RLIN) |
24131 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Moretzsohn, Fabio. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
24132 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type |
Graduate Studies |
| 984 ## - WLN AUTOMATIC HOLDINGS STATEMENT (OCLC) |
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| Holding library identification number |
066435 |
| Physical description codes |
lac |
