ABSTRACT
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
Volume 2
Foreword
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Chapter 12 - Molluscan Relationships
Chapter 13 - Early History and Extinct Groups
Chapter 14 - Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, and Aplacophora
Chapter 15 - The Bivalvia
Chapter 16 - The Scaphopoda
Chapter 17 - The Cephalopoda
Chapter 18 - Gastropoda I—Introduction and the Stem Groups
Chapter 19 - Gastropoda II—The Caenogastropoda
Chapter 20 - Gastropoda III—The Heterobranchia
Chapter 21 - Molluscan Research—Present and Future Directions
Appendix
References
Index