Slugs and Snails
$178.25
- Hardcover
528 pages
- Release Date
18 December 2016
Summary
Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a single coiled shell.
They are the only group of molluscs to have representatives living on land as well as in the sea and freshwaters. This book is about the slugs and snails that live on land.
For creatures living on lan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780007113002 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0007113005 |
| Author: | Robert Cameron |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 18 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.27kg |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 155mm x 222mm |
| Series: | Collins New Naturalist Library |
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Critics Review
‘I can unhesitatingly recommend this book. It is extremely thorough in its coverage and is an engrossing read, packed with an amazing range of fascinating information. It is generously illustrated with numerous pictures, illustrations and charts […] This groundbreaking volume should remain a standard work on the natural history of snails and slugs for many years.’ British Wildlife
Praise for the New Naturalist series:
‘Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing’ The Sunday Times
‘The series is an amazing achievement’ The Times Literary Supplement
‘The books are glorious to own’ Independent
Robert Cameron
Robert Cameron’s interest in snails began as a student, drawn away from birds by his supervisor, Arthur Cain. His career has been primarily in Adult Education at Birmingham and Sheffield Universities, starting in Portsmouth. His PhD focused on the shell polymorphism in Cepaea snails, a continuing core interest, leading to involvement in the Evolution MegaLab in 2009, commemorating Darwin Year. The biogeography and ecology of land snails have been a central focus throughout his career, taking him to Australia, Canada, Greece, Madeira, the Azores, and Central and Eastern Europe. He co-authored (with Michael Kerney) the Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-West Europe (1979) and has created keys to the British species. He has authored or co-authored over 140 papers on snails.
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