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This history of the snail shows it to be a much-maligned creature deserving of respect, rather than repugnance and hostility. The book details snail evolution, behavior and habitat, its use in gastronomy, medicine and the textile trade, as well as its occurrence in literature, a…
Slugs and snails
by Cameron, R. A. D., (Robert Andrew Duncan)
fromThe new naturalist library
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"Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a single coiled shel…
In this reference for students and professionals concerned with conservation of molluscan communities in natural habitats, Barker, a researcher in New Zealand, brings together information on the diversity of organisms that constitute the natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs, …
The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. Species such as dog-whelks, topshells and winkles are easy to find, capture, identify, measure and mark. This book provides a key to common species, background ecology, an ove…