Pelagic Snails : The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks / Carol M. Lalli, Ronald W. Gilmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lalli, Carol M., Author.

Gilmer, Ronald W., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.) : illus

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Lucid line drawings and photos, 16 in fine color. Based on some 15 years of study and collection in both polar regions and most areas of the tropics and temperate zones. Detailed treatment is given on all known pelagic snails (aoubt 140 species) including: external anatomy, swimming and buoyancy mec

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables and Figures

1. Introduction

2. The Janthinid Snails: Raft Builders

3. The Heteropods: Visual Predators

4. The Thecosomes: Shelled Pteropods

5. The Gymnosomes: Shell-less Pteropods

6. The Planktonic Nudibranchs: Swimming Sea Slugs

Glossary

Systematic Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2308-4

OCLC:

1294426147