Description
This volume provides individual treatments of the major molluscan taxa. Each chapter provides an overview of the evolution, phylogeny and classification of a group of molluscs, as well as more specific and detailed coverage of their biology (reproduction, feeding and digestion, excretion, respiration etc.), their long fossil record and aspects of their natural history. The book is illustrated with hundreds of colour figures. In both volumes, concepts are summarised in colour-coded illustrations.
Key selling features:
- Comprehensively reviews molluscan biology and evolutionary history
- Includes a description the anatomy and physiology of anatomical systems
- Up to date treatment with a comprehensive bibliography
- Reviews the phylogenetic history of the major molluscan lineages
Author: Winston Frank Ponder, David R. Lindberg, Juliet Mary Ponder
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 09/30/2021
Pages: 892
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 5.15lbs
Size: 10.94h x 8.27w x 1.89d
ISBN13: 9781032173542
ISBN10: 1032173548
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution
- Science | Life Sciences | Marine Biology
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