Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province

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Although the southern Californian coast is known for its magnificent scenery and impressive beaches, it also is known to house one of the most spectacular molluscan faunas found anywhere on Earth. Of the molluscan assemblages found along coastal areas of the United States, those of southern California stand out as unique in having the largest number of abalone species (family Haliotidae), the largest number of regionally-restricted murex species (family Muricidae), and the largest number of chitons (Class Polyplacophora), along with containing over 2,000 other microscopic and macroscopic species. It has been over 40 years since anyone has attempted to document this amazingly rich and beautiful molluscan fauna, leaving a large void in the literature of the West Coast marine invertebrates. Besides containing a visiually-stunning iconography of the regional molluscan fauna, the new book offers the first up-to-date synthesis of the molluscan biogeographical patterns seen along the coasts of southern California and the western side of Baja California, Mexico. The authors spent years compiling this information; from personal collecting and field work, from intensive searches of the published literature, and from exhaustive investigations of regional museum collections. At the end this book covers 345 species of mollusks shown on 57 plates. 131 pp., 57 color pls, 5 figs, hardcover 4.…

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Title
Sea Shells of Southern California. Marine Shells of the Californian Province
Author
Berschauer, D. P. & Clark, R. N.
Publication year
2019
Binding
Hardcover

ConchBooks

Harxheim, Germany

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Founded in 1985 we are specialized in worldwide literature on Mollusca and marine invertebrates. Our publishing house has meanwhile published approximately 60 titles on that field of interest. We have stocks of most available international books on Malacology and a huge amount of antiquarian literature, even of the latter most titles are only available once.

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Weichtiere / Shells, Schnecken / Snails & Slugs, Muscheln / Bivalves, Tintenfische / Squids / Octopusses / Ammonites, Malacology, Conchology, Marine Biology

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