Author: Don PisorPublisher:
ISBN: 9783939767626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Sea and Land Shells of the Don Pisor Collection
Author: Don PisorPublisher:
ISBN: 9783939767626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Shells
Author: Fabio MoretzsohnPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789147433
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Echoing with the sounds of the sea, an exquisite survey of the science and customs of conchs, clams, coquinas, cowries, and much more. Shells have captivated humans from the dawn of time: the earliest known artwork was made on a shell. As well as containers for food, shells have been used as tools, jewelry, decorations for dwellings, and to bring good luck or to ward off spirits. Many Indigenous peoples have used shells as currency, and in a few places, they still do. This beautifully illustrated book investigates the fascinating scientific and cultural history of shells. It examines everything from pearls—the only gems of animal origin—to how shells’ diverse colors and shapes are formed. And it reveals how shells have inspired artists throughout history, how shells have been used in architecture, and even how shells can be indicators of changing environmental conditions. Also including two essays by shell expert M. G. Harasewych, emeritus curator of gastropods in the Smithsonian’s Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Shells is an authoritative exploration of the deep human connection to these molluscan exoskeletons of sea, lake, land, and stream.
Of Sea and Shore
Author: Hawaiian Shell News
Author: The Tabulata
Author: The Festivus
Author: Shells and Sea Life
Author: The Guinness Book of Records 1989
Author: N. D. McWhirterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780851128788
Category : Almanaques
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Sea Shells of Southern California
Author: David BerschauerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692114209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This is a field guide to marine mollusks. Thisbook was created to fill, what is perceived to be, a void in the popular literature, namely an affordable reference guide to the sea shells found in the CalifornianMarine Molluscan Province. It is not intended as a comprehensive compendium ofthe shelled marine mollusks in the province, but rather is limited to those taxalikely to be encountered between the intertidal zone and depths ordinarilyaccessible by scuba diving. Some deeper water taxa are included because they areparticularly beautiful, well known or popular. Specifically excluded are thosespecies which we deemed to be micro shells, namely species where the average sizeis 7 mm or less; this necessarily excludes a great many families of marine mollusks.
The Guinness Book of Records
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description