Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy and accurate.
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| Introduction | |
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| Collecting Shells | |
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| How This Book Works | |
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| Regions of The World | |
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| Shell Habitats | |
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| The Living Mollusk | |
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| The Parts of a Shell | |
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| Shell Identification Key | |
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| Gastropods | |
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| Abalones | |
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| Slit Shells | |
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| Keyhole Limpets | |
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| True Limpets | |
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| Top Shells | |
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| Turban Shells | |
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| Star Shells | |
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| Dolphin Shells | |
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| Pheasant Shells | |
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| Nerites | |
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| Periwinkles | |
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| Turritellas | |
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| Worm Shells | |
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| Modulus Shells | |
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| Horn Snails | |
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| Ceriths | |
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| Planaxis Snails | |
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| Sundials | |
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| Wentletraps | |
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| Purple Sea Snails | |
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| Cap Shells | |
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| Slipper Shells | |
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| Carrier Shells | |
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| Ostrich Foot Shells | |
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| Pelican's Foot Shells | |
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| True Conchs | |
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| Cowries | |
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| Shuttle Shells | |
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| Heteropods | |
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| Moon Shells | |
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| Helmet Shells | |
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| Fig Shells | |
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| Tun Shells | |
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| Tritons | |
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| Distorsios | |
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| Frog Shells | |
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| Murexes | |
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| Rock Shells | |
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| Cap Shells | |
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| Drupes | |
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| Thorn Drupes | |
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| False Tritons | |
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| Coral Shells | |
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| Rapa Whelks | |
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| Latiaxis Shells | |
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| Typhis Shells | |
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| Trophons | |
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| Pagoda Shells | |
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| Dove Shells | |
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| Whelks | |
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| Neptunes | |
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| Goblet Whelks | |
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| Babylon Shells | |
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| Dwarf Tritons | |
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| Melon Conchs | |
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| Busycon Whelks | |
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| False Fusus Shells | |
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| Bullias | |
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| Nassa Mud Snails | |
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| Horse Conchs | |
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| Tulip Shells | |
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| Latirus Shells | |
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| Spindles | |
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| Olive Shells | |
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| Ancillas | |
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| False Olives | |
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| Miters | |
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| Vases | |
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| Chanks | |
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| Harps | |
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| Volutes | |
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| Margin Shells | |
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| Nutmegs | |
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| Turrids | |
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| Cones | |
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| Auger Shells | |
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| Bubble Shells | |
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| Sea Butterflies | |
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| Tusk Shells | |
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| Chitons | |
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| Bivalves | |
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| Awning Clams | |
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| Nut Shells | |
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| Arks | |
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| Bittersweet Clams | |
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| Sea Mussels | |
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| Pen Shells | |
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| Wing Oysters | |
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| Tree Oysters | |
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| Hammer Oysters | |
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| Scallops | |
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| Thorny Oysters | |
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| Jingle Shells | |
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| True Oysters | |
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| File Clams | |
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| Brooch Clams | |
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| Lucine Clams | |
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| Astarte Clams | |
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| Crassatellas | |
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| Cardita Clams | |
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| Jewel Boxes | |
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| Cockles | |
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| Giant Clams | |
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| Surf Shells | |
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| Razor Clams | |
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| Tellins | |
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| Donax Clams | |
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| Sanguin Clams | |
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| Semele Clams | |
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| Trapezium Clams | |
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| Venus Clams | |
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| Geoducks | |
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| Heart Clams | |
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| Soft-shell Clams | |
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| Piddocks | |
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| Lyonsia Clams | |
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| Thracia Clams | |
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| Lantern Clams | |
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| Watering Pot Shells | |
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| Cephalopods | |
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| Nautilus Shells | |
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| Spirula | |
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| Argonauts | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
