The Audubon Society field guide to North American seashells Cover Image

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The Audubon Society field guide to North American seashells / Harald A. Rehder, with photographs by James H. Carmichael, Jr. ; visual key by Carol Nehring and Mary Beth Brewer.

Rehder, Harald Alfred, 1907-1996 (author.). Carmichael, James H., (photographer.). Vignelli, Massimo, (book designer.). National Audubon Society. (Added Author).

Summary:

Identifies 671 common seashells found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada.

Record details

ISBN: 0394519132
ISBN: 9780394519135
Physical Description: 894 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Edition: A Chanticleer Press edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Key to the Color Plates -- Thumb Tab Guide -- Cones -- Helmets and Conchs -- Murexes, Tritons, Whelks, and Others -- Worm and Carrier Shells -- Caecums and Tusks -- Augers, Horn Shells, and Others -- Dove Shells, Ceriths, and Others -- Periwinkles, Wentletraps, and Others -- Tops and Turbans -- Moon Snails, Nerites, and Others -- Trivias and Cowries -- Margin Shells and Eratos -- Olives, Bubble Shells, and Others -- Limpets -- Keyhole Limpets -- Slipper and Cup-and-Saucer Shells -- Abalones -- Chitons -- Scallops -- Cockles, Arks, Angel Wings, and Others -- Clams, Pandoras, and Others -- Mussels, Razor Clams, and Pen Shells -- Oysters, Jewel Boxes, and Jingle Shells -- Living Mollusks -- Text -- Chitons -- Gastropods -- Tusk Shells -- Bivalves -- Shell Collecting.