This volume provides individual treatments of the major molluscan taxa. Each chapter provides an overview of the evolution, phylogeny and classification of a group of molluscs, as well as more specific and detailed coverage of their biology (reproduction, feeding and digestion, excretion, respiration etc.), their long fossil record and aspects of their natural history. The book is illustrated with hundreds of colour figures. In both volumes, concepts are summarised in colour-coded illustrations.
Key selling features:
Comprehensively reviews molluscan biology and evolutionary history
Includes a description the anatomy and physiology of anatomical systems
Up to date treatment with a comprehensive bibliography
Reviews the phylogenetic history of the major molluscan lineages
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume 2: Foreword Acknowledgements About the Authors Chapter 12 - Molluscan Relationships Chapter 13 - Early History and Extinct Groups Chapter 14 - Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, and Aplacophorans Chapter 15 - The Bivalvia Chapter 16 - The Scaphopoda Chapter 17 - The Cephalopoda Chapter 18 - Gastropoda I - Introduction and the Stem Groups Chapter 19 Gastropoda II - The Caenogastropoda Chapter 20 Gastropoda III - The Heterobranchia Chapter 21 Molluscan Research - Present and Future Directions Appendix References Index
