Main Title |
Encyclopedia of Texas seashells : identification, ecology, distribution, and history / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Texas A & M University Press, |
Year Published |
2010 |
OCLC Number |
430344470 |
ISBN |
9781603441414 (cloth : alk. paper); 1603441417 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Shells--Texas--Gulf Region--Encyclopedias ;
Mollusks--Ecology--Texas--Gulf Region--Encyclopedias ;
Coquillages--Texas (âEtats-Unis)--Identification ;
Mollusques--âEcologie--Texas (âEtats-Unis)
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ESBM ELBD |
QL415.T4E53 2010 |
Newport |
CPHEA/PESD Library/Corvallis,OR |
08/01/2019 |
ESBM |
QL415.T4E53 2010 |
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CPHEA/PESD Library/Corvallis,OR |
12/16/2013 |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Collation |
xi, 512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-478) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Shells in Texas coastal history / Kim Withers -- Chronology of marine malacology in Texas -- Molluscan ecology and habitats / David W. Hicks -- Collecting seashells -- General features of mollusks -- Texas seashells. Class Aplacophora ; Class Polyplacophora (chitons) ; Class Gastropoda (snails) ; Class Cephalopoda (squid, octopus) ; Class Bivalvia (bivalves) ; Class Scaphopoda (tusk shells) -- Appendix: outline of classification and checklist of Texas seashells -- Glossary. A guide to seashells found in Texas that discusses the historical uses of mollusks and seashells, the history of conchology and malacology in the state, habitats, and other related topics, and provides information for identifying nine hundred species. |