Author:
Ponder, W. F. author.
ImprintBoca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]
Description2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note:Volume 1 -- Introducing molluscs -- Overview of molluscan physiology and genomics -- Shell, body, and muscles -- The mantel cavity and respiration -- Feeding and digestion -- Circulatory and excretory systems -- Nervous system, sense organs, learning and behavior -- Reproduction and development -- Natural history and ecology -- Molluscs and humans -- Research on molluscs: some historical, present, and future directions -- Volume 2 -- Molluscan relationships -- Early history and extinct groups -- Polyplacophora, monoplacophora, and aplacophorans -- The bivalvia -- The scaphopoda -- The cephalopoda -- Gastropoda I: introduction and the stem groups -- Gastropoda II: the caenogastropoda -- Gastropoda III: the heterobranchia -- Molluscan research -- Appendix: Higher classification of the extant classes of mollusca.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
