This volume is a must for malacologists."—Bruce Runnegar, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles "Our understanding of the phylogeny and evolutionary history of the mollusca has been revolutionized ...

The book has over 4,800 complete bibliographic references to the bivalves, including citations on the biology, physiology, ecology, and taxonomy of this commercially and biologically important group.

This volume integrates palaeontological and zoological approaches and sheds new light on the course of bivalve evolution.

This textbook is a complete rewrite, and expansion of Hugh Rollinson's highly successful 1993 book Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation.

Aplacophora -- Polyplacophora -- Gastropoda -- Scaphopoda -- Bivalvia -- Cephalopoda -- Bibliography -- Biography (about our grandfather) / [Faìbio and Leonardo Rios].

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 ...