Seashells of southern Florida : living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions, bivalves / Paula M. Mikkelsen and Rüdiger Bieler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mikkelsen, Paula M., author.

Bieler, Rüdiger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bivalves--Florida--Florida Keys.

Bivalves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2008]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover Page

Half-title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Florida Keys

Natural History

Need for Protection

Florida Keys Bivalves

Habitats

History of Exploration and the Florida Keys Molluscan Diversity Project

Using This Book

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'Orbigny

Illustrated Glossary of Bivalve Terms

General Literature Cited and Suggested Reading

Image Data and Credits

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-454) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-23945-2

OCLC:

1281962979