The world's most beautiful seashells
Hill, Leonard
The world's most beautiful seashells / Leonard Hill - Tampa, FL : Carmichael Publications , 1995 - 240 p. : illus. ; 31 cm
Gastropods: the spiraled shells : Slit shells ; Abalones ; Limpets ; Top shells ; Turban and star shells ; Pheasant shells ; Nerites ; Periwinkles ; Conchs ; False cowries ; Cowries ; Egg shells ; Moon snails ; Helmet shells, bonnet shells, false tuns ; Tritons ; Frog shells ; Wentletraps ; Purple sea snail ; Murexes ; Latiaxis shells ; Whelks ; Horse conchs and tulip shells ; Olive shells ; Margin shells ; Miter shells ; Harp shells and morums ; Vase shells, Chank shells and Pagoda shells ; Volutes ; Nutmeg shells ; Cone shells ; Auger shells ; Turrids ; Sundials ; Bubble shells ; Land and tree snails -- Bivalves: the clam shells : Bittersweet clams ; Scallops ; Thorny oyster ; File clam ; Lucina clams ; Cardita clams ; Jewel box clams ; Fluted giant clam ; Cockles ; Sunset clams ; Tellins ; Donax clams ; Venus clams -- The chambered shells : Chambered nautilus.
Presents photographs of shells collected from around the world, chosen on the basis of their beautiful colors or forms, and includes explanatory text and captions.
English
9781884942006
REF 594.47 HIL
The world's most beautiful seashells / Leonard Hill - Tampa, FL : Carmichael Publications , 1995 - 240 p. : illus. ; 31 cm
Gastropods: the spiraled shells : Slit shells ; Abalones ; Limpets ; Top shells ; Turban and star shells ; Pheasant shells ; Nerites ; Periwinkles ; Conchs ; False cowries ; Cowries ; Egg shells ; Moon snails ; Helmet shells, bonnet shells, false tuns ; Tritons ; Frog shells ; Wentletraps ; Purple sea snail ; Murexes ; Latiaxis shells ; Whelks ; Horse conchs and tulip shells ; Olive shells ; Margin shells ; Miter shells ; Harp shells and morums ; Vase shells, Chank shells and Pagoda shells ; Volutes ; Nutmeg shells ; Cone shells ; Auger shells ; Turrids ; Sundials ; Bubble shells ; Land and tree snails -- Bivalves: the clam shells : Bittersweet clams ; Scallops ; Thorny oyster ; File clam ; Lucina clams ; Cardita clams ; Jewel box clams ; Fluted giant clam ; Cockles ; Sunset clams ; Tellins ; Donax clams ; Venus clams -- The chambered shells : Chambered nautilus.
Presents photographs of shells collected from around the world, chosen on the basis of their beautiful colors or forms, and includes explanatory text and captions.
English
9781884942006
REF 594.47 HIL
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