A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, Arranged According to the Linnaean Method, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint): With Particular Attention to the Synonymy - Couverture souple

Dillwyn, Lewis Weston

 
9781333642761: A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, Arranged According to the Linnaean Method, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint): With Particular Attention to the Synonymy

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the study of marine gastropods, marine animals related to sea snails. The author's main focus is to arrange and classify these creatures based on their physical attributes, such as their shape, size, and various shell characteristics. The author also discusses their morphology, their habitats, their geographical distribution, their behaviour, and their names. The author sought to refine existing categorizations of marine gastropods, primarily by improving the mapping of their features to taxonomic classifications. The book also includes numerous plates with detailed illustrations of the various gastropods discussed and described throughout the work.

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