Biology and evolution of the mollusca. Volume 1 (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Winston Frank Ponder, David R. Lindberg and Juliet Mary Ponder.
• Authors: Ponder, W. F; Lindberg, David R, 1948-; Ponder, Juliet Mary
• Contents: Volume 1 Foreword.............xix Acknowledgements................xxi About the Authors..................xxiii Chapter 1 Introducing Molluscs ........................... 1 Chapter 2 Overview of Molluscan Physiology and Genomics........ 21 Chapter 3 Shell, Body, and Muscles............................... 55 Chapter 4 The Mantle Cavity and Respiration.............................. 133 Chapter 5 Feeding and Digestion......................................... 167 Chapter 6 Circulatory and Excretory Systems............................. 271 Chapter 7 Nervous System, Sense Organs, Learning and Behaviour ................... 335 Chapter 8 Reproduction and Development................................... 421 Chapter 9 Natural History and Ecology................... 509 Chapter 10 Molluscs and Humans............ 619 Chapter 11 Research on Molluscs – Some Historical, Present, and Future Directions.......... 667 References .............. 675 Index ......................... 847 Volume 2 Introduction to Volume 2 Chapter 12 Molluscan Relationships Chapter 13 Early History and Extinct Groups Chapter 14 The Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora and Aplacophora Chapter 15 The Bivalvia Chapter 16 The Scaphopoda Chapter 17 The Cephalopoda Chapter 18 Gastropoda I - Introduction and the Stem Groups Chapter 19 Gastropoda II - The Caenogastropoda Chapter 20 Gastropoda III - The Heterobranchia Chapter 21 Molluscan Research - Present and Future Directions References Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 594; Mollusks; Mollusks -- Evolution
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351115643; 9781351115650; 9781351115636; 9781351115667
• Related ISBNs: 9780815361695
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