Shells

Contents
INTRODUCTION
	Collecting shells
	How this book works
	Regions of the world
	Shell habitats
	The living mollusk
	The parts of a shell
	Shell identification key
GASTROPODS
	True Limpets
	Keyhole Limpets
	Abalones
	Slit Shells
	Top Shells
	Pheasant Shells
	Turban Shells
	Star Shells
	Dolphin Shells
	Nerites
	Screw Shells
	Worm Shells
	Modulus Shells
	Horn Snails
	Ceriths
	Planaxis Snails
	Rissoa Snails
	Periwinkles
	True Conches
	Beak Shells
	Ostrich Foot Shells
	Pelican’s Foot Shells
	Carrier Shells
	Cap Shells
	Slipper Shells
	Cowries
	False Cowries
	Trivia
	Moon Shells
	Tun Shells
	Helmet Shells
	Tritons
	Distorsios
	Frog Shells
	Fig Shells
	Heteropods
	Wentletraps
	Purple Sea Snails
	Eulimid Snails
	Whelks
	Busycon Whelks
	Goblet Whelks
	Dwarf Tritons
	Dove Shells
	Bullias
	Nassa Mud Snails
	Melon Conches
	False Fusus Shells
	Horse Conches
	Tulip Shells
	Latirus Shells
	Spindles
	Murexes
	Rock Shells
	Drupes
	Typhis Shells
	Trophons
	Coral Shells
	Rapa Whelks
	Latiaxis Shells
	Vases
	Chanks
	Pagoda Shells
	Ribbed Miters
	Babylon Shells
	Harps
	Volutes
	Margin Shells
	Nutmegs
	True Miters
	Olive Shells
	Ancillas
	False Olives
	Cones
	Turrids
	Auger Shells
	Sundials
	Pyrams
	Bubble Shells
	Sea Butterflies
TUSK SHELLS
CHITONS
BIVALVES
	Awning Clams
	Nut Shells
	Astarte Clams
	Crassatellas
	Cardita Clams
	Geoducks
	Jack-Knife Clams
	Lyonsia Clams
	Thracia Clams
	Lantern Clams
	Watering Pot Shells
	Piddocks
	Soft-shell Clams
	Lucine Clams
	Trapezium Clams
	Cockles
	Giant Clams
	Heart Clams
	Vent Clams
	Trough Shells
	Donax Clams
	Sanguin Clams
	Tellins
	Semele Clams
	Venus Clams
	Jewel Boxes
	Brooch Clams
	Arks
	Bittersweet Clams
	Jingle Shells
	True Oysters
	Scallops
	Thorny Oysters
	File Clams
	Sea Mussels
	Pen Shells
	Wing Oysters
	Tree Oysters
	Hammer Oysters
CEPHALOPODS
	Nautilus Shells
	Spirula
	Argonauts
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments