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The mollusks : a guide to their study, collection, and preservation / edited by Charles F. Sturm, Timothy A. Pearce, Ángel Valdés.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton, Fla. : Universal Publishers, 2006.Description: xii, 445 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1581129300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781581129304 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:
The Mollusks : Introductory Comments / C.F. Sturm, T.A Pearce, and A. Valdés -- Field and Laboratory Methods in Malacology / C.F. Sturm, R. Mayher, and B.R. Bales -- Remote Bottom Collecting / T.A. Burch and C.F. Sturm -- Snorkeling and SCUBA Diving / J. Cordy and B. Cordy -- Archival and Curatorial Methods / C.F. Sturm -- Digital Imaging : Flatbed Scanners and Digital Cameras / F. Moretzsohn -- Applied Film Photography in Systematic Malacology / D.L. Geiger -- Computerizing Shell Collections / G. Rosenberg -- The Molluscan Literature : Geographic and Taxonomic Works / C.F. Sturm [and others] -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Writing : A Primer / D.L. Geiger -- Cladistics and Molecular Techniques : A Primer / D. Campbell -- Organizations, Meetings, and Malacology / C.F. Sturm -- Museums and Malacology / C.F. Sturm -- Donating Amateur Collections to Museums / T.A. Pearce -- Fossil Mollusks / D. Campbell -- Aplacophora / A.H. Scheltema -- Monoplacophora / C.L. Counts, III -- Polyplacophora / E. Schwabe and A. Wanniger -- Scaphopoda : The Tusk Shells / P.D. Reynolds -- Cephalopoda / F.E. Anderson -- Freshwater Gastropoda / R.T. Dillon, Jr. -- Terrestrial Gastropoda / T.A. Pearce and A. Őrstan -- Rearing Terrestrial Gastropoda / A. Őrstan -- Marine Gastropoda / D.L. Geiger -- Unionoida : Freshwater Mussels / K.S. Cummings and A.E. Bogan -- Non-Unionoid Freshwater Bivalvia / A.V. Korniushin -- Marine Bivalvia / Eugene V. Coan and R. Valentich-Scott -- The Marine Aquarium : A Research Tool / B. Winner and C.F. Sturm -- An Introduction to Shell-forming Marine Organisms / L.M. Gutierrez -- Conservation and Extinction of the Freshwater Molluscan Fauna of North America / A.E. Bogan -- Issues in Marine Conservation / P. Baker -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Morphological Features of Gastropod and Bivalve (Pelecypod) Shells -- Appendix 2. Expanded Table of Contents.
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Includes bibliographical references.

The Mollusks : Introductory Comments / C.F. Sturm, T.A Pearce, and A. Valdés -- Field and Laboratory Methods in Malacology / C.F. Sturm, R. Mayher, and B.R. Bales -- Remote Bottom Collecting / T.A. Burch and C.F. Sturm -- Snorkeling and SCUBA Diving / J. Cordy and B. Cordy -- Archival and Curatorial Methods / C.F. Sturm -- Digital Imaging : Flatbed Scanners and Digital Cameras / F. Moretzsohn -- Applied Film Photography in Systematic Malacology / D.L. Geiger -- Computerizing Shell Collections / G. Rosenberg -- The Molluscan Literature : Geographic and Taxonomic Works / C.F. Sturm [and others] -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Writing : A Primer / D.L. Geiger -- Cladistics and Molecular Techniques : A Primer / D. Campbell -- Organizations, Meetings, and Malacology / C.F. Sturm -- Museums and Malacology / C.F. Sturm -- Donating Amateur Collections to Museums / T.A. Pearce -- Fossil Mollusks / D. Campbell -- Aplacophora / A.H. Scheltema -- Monoplacophora / C.L. Counts, III -- Polyplacophora / E. Schwabe and A. Wanniger -- Scaphopoda : The Tusk Shells / P.D. Reynolds -- Cephalopoda / F.E. Anderson -- Freshwater Gastropoda / R.T. Dillon, Jr. -- Terrestrial Gastropoda / T.A. Pearce and A. Őrstan -- Rearing Terrestrial Gastropoda / A. Őrstan -- Marine Gastropoda / D.L. Geiger -- Unionoida : Freshwater Mussels / K.S. Cummings and A.E. Bogan -- Non-Unionoid Freshwater Bivalvia / A.V. Korniushin -- Marine Bivalvia / Eugene V. Coan and R. Valentich-Scott -- The Marine Aquarium : A Research Tool / B. Winner and C.F. Sturm -- An Introduction to Shell-forming Marine Organisms / L.M. Gutierrez -- Conservation and Extinction of the Freshwater Molluscan Fauna of North America / A.E. Bogan -- Issues in Marine Conservation / P. Baker -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Morphological Features of Gastropod and Bivalve (Pelecypod) Shells -- Appendix 2. Expanded Table of Contents.