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A guide to the shell and starfish galleries
F. J. Bell, R. Kirkpatrick and E. A. Smith Natural History British Museum . Department of Zoology
The museum's shell and starfish cases, unpacked for the visitor who wants to understand what they see. This British Museum guide walks the classes of mollusks from chitons to clams, with starfish and their kin, explaining the animals behind the beautiful cabinets. Clear, authoritative, and pocket-sized. Turn a gallery stroll into a real education in sea life.
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36 chapters
- 1A GUIDE TO THE SHELL AND STARFISH GALLERIES (MOLLUSCA, POLYZOA, BRACHIOPODA, TUNICATA, ECHINODERMA, AND WORMS).
- 2PREFACE.
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 4GENERAL NOTES ON MOLLUSCA.
- 5Class I.—AMPHINEURA.
- 6Class II.—GASTROPODA.
- 7Section Streptoneura.
- 8Section Euthyneura.
- 9Class III.—SCAPHOPODA.[5]
- 10Class IV.—LAMELLIBRANCHIA.[6]
- 11Protobranchia. (Fig. 25, A.)
- 12Filibranchia. (Fig. 25, B.)
- 13Pseudolamellibranchia.
- 14Eulamellibranchia. (Fig. 25, C.)
- 15Septibranchia. (Fig. 25, D.)
- 16Class V.—CEPHALOPODA.[9]
- 17ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE FAMILIES AND PRINCIPAL GENERA OF MOLLUSCA EXHIBITED IN THE SHELL GALLERY.
- 18POLYZOA.
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