LEADER 04316nam 22006495 450 001 9910298443003321 005 20200702104815.0 010 $a3-319-15452-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-15452-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000434196 035 $a(EBL)3567424 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001525269 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11917447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001525269 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11486653 035 $a(PQKB)10610227 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-15452-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3567424 035 $a(PPN)186395027 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000434196 100 $a20150616d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSea Snails $eA natural history /$fby Joseph Heller 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (355 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-15451-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPart I: A Back ground -- Part II: Primitive Sea Snails -- Part III: Advanced Sea Snails -- Part IV: Away from the Basic lifestyle -- Part V: Man Snail Links. 330 $aThis richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come general characteristics of the Mollusca, to which snails belong; and next, characteristics by which snails (Gastropoda) differ from other molluscs. Then a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, from the primitive to the more advanced, is presented, including both the more abundant and some remote ones of special interest. In detailing primitive sea snails, first limpets (Patellogastropoda) are described, followed by brush snails (Vetigastropoda: top-shells, turbans and allies) and nerites (Neritimorpha), a small group with remarkably high variation in shell colour and in habitats. In looking at advanced-snails (Caenogastropoda), it details the herbivorous grazers and filter-feeders and the many voracious predators, some which use venomous darts. The book also covers sea slugs (Opisthobranchia), which have shifted from mechanical to chemical defence; some are herbivores, some use their food to harness solar energy, others are predators that gain stinging cells and poisonous compounds from their food. In addition, readers will learn about aspects of sea snails in human culture, including use as sacred artefacts and objects of magic and money, as a source of the royal and sacred dyes of purple and blue and as holy ceremonial trumpets. The text, in which scientific terms are accompanied by parallel common ones, is accompanied by over 200 illustrations (mostly in colour). This comprehensive, insightful portrait of sea snails will appeal to marine biologists, zoology lecturers and students, biology teachers, field-school instructors, nature reserve wardens, amateur naturalists, as well as to lecturers and learners of human culture. 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aInvertebrates 606 $aAquatic ecology  606 $aAnimal ecology 606 $aBiodiversity$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19031 606 $aInvertebrates$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L25058 606 $aFreshwater & Marine Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19066 606 $aAnimal Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19015 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aInvertebrates. 615 0$aAquatic ecology . 615 0$aAnimal ecology. 615 14$aBiodiversity. 615 24$aInvertebrates. 615 24$aFreshwater & Marine Ecology. 615 24$aAnimal Ecology. 676 $a570 700 $aHeller$b Joseph$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0445315 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298443003321 996 $aSea Snails$92523495 997 $aUNINA