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000762714 020__ $$a9783319154527$$q(electronic book)
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000762714 1001_ $$aHeller, Joseph,$$d1941-$$eauthor.
000762714 24510 $$aSea snails :$$ba natural history /$$cJoseph Heller ; illustrator: Tuvia Kurz.
000762714 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2015.
000762714 300__ $$a1 online resource (360 pages) :$$billustrations.
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000762714 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
000762714 5050_ $$aPart I: A Back ground -- Part II: Primitive Sea Snails -- Part III: Advanced Sea Snails -- Part IV: Away from the Basic lifestyle -- Part V: Man Snail Links.
000762714 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000762714 520__ $$aThis richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come general characteristics of the Mollusca, to which snails belong; and next, characteristics by which snails (Gastropoda) differ from other molluscs. Then a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, from the primitive to the more advanced, is presented, including both the more abundant and some remote ones of special interest. In detailing primitive sea snails, first limpets (Patellogastropoda) are described, followed by brush snails (Vetigastropoda: top-shells, turbans and allies) and nerites (Neritimorpha), a small group with remarkably high variation in shell colour and in habitats. In looking at advanced-snails (Caenogastropoda), it details the herbivorous grazers and filter-feeders and the many voracious predators, some which use venomous darts. The book also covers sea slugs (Opisthobranchia), which have shifted from mechanical to chemical defence; some are herbivores, some use their food to harness solar energy, others are predators that gain stinging cells and poisonous compounds from their food. In addition, readers will learn about aspects of sea snails in human culture, including use as sacred artefacts and objects of magic and money, as a source of the royal and sacred dyes of purple and blue and as holy ceremonial trumpets. The text, in which scientific terms are accompanied by parallel common ones, is accompanied by over 200 illustrations (mostly in colour). This comprehensive, insightful portrait of sea snails will appeal to marine biologists, zoology lecturers and students, biology teachers, field-school instructors, nature reserve wardens, amateur naturalists, as well as to lecturers and learners of human culture.
000762714 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
000762714 650_0 $$aSnails.
000762714 650_0 $$aMarine invertebrates.
000762714 7001_ $$aḲurts, Ṭuviyah,$$eillustrator.
000762714 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aHeller, Joseph.$$tSea Snails$$z3319154516$$w(OCoLC)910502402
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