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Seashells of southern Florida : living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions, bivalves /

Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels--roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mikkelsen, Paula M.
Other Authors: Bieler, Rüdiger
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bivalve morphology
  • Recent bivalve families of the world
  • The Florida Keys bivalves : Nuculidae
  • Solemyidae
  • Manzanellidae
  • Nuculanidae
  • Yoldiidae
  • Arcidae
  • Noetiidae
  • Glycymerididae
  • Limopsidae
  • Philobryidae
  • Mytilidae
  • Pteriidae
  • Isognomonidae
  • Malleidae
  • Ostreidae
  • Gryphaeidae
  • Pinnidae
  • Limidae
  • Pectinidae
  • Propeamussiidae
  • Spondylidae
  • Plicatulidae
  • Anomiidae
  • Crassatellidae
  • Astartidae
  • Carditidae
  • Condylocardiidae
  • Pandoridae
  • Lyonsiidae
  • Periplomatidae
  • Spheniopsidae
  • Thraciidae
  • Verticordiidae
  • Poromyidae
  • Cuspidariidae
  • Lucinidae
  • Ungulinidae
  • Thyasiridae
  • Chamidae
  • Lasaeidae
  • Hiatellidae
  • Gastrochaenidae
  • trapezidae
  • Sportellidae
  • Corbiculidae
  • Cardiidae
  • Veneridae
  • Tellinidae
  • Donacidae
  • Psammobiidae
  • Semelidae
  • Solecurtidae
  • Pharidae
  • Mactridae
  • Dreissenidae
  • Myidae
  • Corbulidae
  • Pholadidae
  • Teredinidae
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note about shell collecting
  • A note on species names introduced by d'Orbigny
  • Illustrated glossary of bivalve terms
  • General literature cited and suggested reading
  • Image data and credits.