Description
Seashells of the World is an introduction to the world of marine seashells, emphasizing the most attractive and best-known species. This guide will help you to:
-Identify-Classify
-Understand the beautiful shells you see and collect No other animals are so widely collected, traded, or bought and sold because of their beauty and rarity.
Author: R. Tucker Abbott
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
Published: 04/14/2001
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 5.90h x 4.00w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781582381480
ISBN10: 1582381488
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Seashells
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats | Oceans & Seas
About the Author
R. Tucker Abbott was one of the twentieth century's most prominent specialists in seashells and mollusks. He wrote more than thirty books - including American Seashells, Seashells of the World, The Shell, and The Kingdom of the Seashell - several of which are still used for reference today. He named five species of seashells and mollusks, and fifteen more species have been named in his honor.
Herbert S. Zim was a naturalist, author, editor, and educator best known as the founder and editor in chief of the classic, pocket-sized Golden Guides series of nature books. George F. Sandström was a self-taught illustrator who occasionally collaborated with his wife, Marita Sandström, on Golden Guides books and other works about wildlife for museums and magazines.