Texas seashells : a field guide / John W. Tunnell Jr., Noe C. Barrera, and Fabio Moretzsohn.
Walking along the beach and picking up seashells is a favorite pastime enjoyed by millions of people every year. This field guide covers three hundred of the better-known or more common seashells found on Texas coastlines, and anyone interested in identifying and collecting shells along Texas bays a...
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| Language: | English |
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College Station, Texas :
Texas A & M University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series.
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Table of Contents:
- Collecting seashells
- Seashell characteristics
- Common Texas seashells
- Polyplacophora (chitons)
- Gastropoda (snails, conchs, and whelks)
- Cephalopoda (squids and octopuses)
- Bivalvia (oysters, mussels, and clams)
- Scaphopoda (tuskshells)
- Glossary.