Seashells of Southern Florida, Volume 1: Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves

Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels--roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. The first in a series of three volumes on the molluscan fauna of the Keys and adjacent regions, __Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves__ provides a comprehensive treatment of these bivalves, and also serves as a comparative anatomical guide to bivalve diversity worldwide. Paula Mikkelsen and Rüdiger Bieler cover more than three hundred species of bivalves, including clams, scallops, oysters, mussels, shipworms, jewel boxes, tellins, and many lesser-known groups. For each family they select an exemplar species and illustrate its shell and anatomical features in detail. They describe habitat and other relevant information, and accompany each species account with high-resolution shell photographs of other family members. Text and images combine to present species--to family-level characteristics in a complete way never before seen. The book includes fifteen hundred mostly color photographs and images of shells, underwater habitats, bivalves in situ, original anatomical and hinge drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and unique transparent--shell illustrations with major organ systems color-coded and clearly shown. __Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves__ is the most complete guide to subtropical bivalves available. It is an essential tool for students and teachers of molluscan diversity and systematics, and an indispensable identification guide for collectors, scuba divers, naturalists, environmental consultants, and natural-resource managers. "Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels - roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. The first in a series of three volumes on the molluscan fauna of the Keys and adjacent regions, Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves provides a comprehensive treatment of these bivalves, and also serves as a comparative anatomical guide to bivalve diversity worldwide." "Paula Mikkelsen and Rudiger Bieler cover more than three hundred species of bivalves, including clams, scallops, oysters, mussels, shipworms, jewel boxes, tellins, and many lesser-known groups. For each family they select an exemplar species and illustrate its shell and anatomical feature in detail. They describe habitat and other relevant information, and accompany each species account with high-resolution shell photographs of other family members. Text and images combine to present species- to family-level characteristics in a complete way never before seen. The book includes fifteen hundred mostly color photographs and images of shells, underwater habitats, bivalves in situ, original anatomical and hinge drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and unique transparent-shell illustrations with major organ systems color-coded and clearly shown." "Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves is the most complete guide to subtropical bivalves available. It is an essential tool for students and teachers of molluscan diversity and systematics, and an indispensable identification guide for collectors, scuba divers, naturalists, environmental consultants, and natural-resource managers."--BOOK JACKET Bivalve morphology Recent bivalve families of the world The Florida Keys bivalves : Nuculidae Solemyidae Manzanellidae Nuculanidae Yoldiidae Arcidae Noetiidae Glycymerididae Limopsidae Philobryidae Mytilidae Pteriidae Isognomonidae Malleidae Ostreidae Gryphaeidae Pinnidae Limidae Pectinidae Propeamussiidae Spondylidae Plicatulidae Anomiidae Crassatellidae Astartidae Carditidae Condylocardiidae Pandoridae Lyonsiidae Periplomatidae Spheniopsidae Thraciidae Verticordiidae Poromyidae Cuspidariidae Lucinidae Ungulinidae Thyasiridae Chamidae Lasaeidae Hiatellidae Gastrochaenidae trapezidae Sportellidae Corbiculidae Cardiidae Veneridae Tellinidae Donacidae Psammobiidae Semelidae Solecurtidae Pharidae Mactridae Dreissenidae Myidae Corbulidae Pholadidae Teredinidae Acknowledgments A note about shell collecting A note on species names introduced by d'Orbignyb Illustrated glossary of bivalve terms General literature cited and suggested reading Image data and credits.