Simon & Schuster's Guide To Shells

Simon & Schuster's Nature Guide Series

by Simon & Schuster

Full-color illustrations provide information on mollusks and the shells they produce, specifying size, appearance, geographic occurrence, ecological environment, and classification

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[Philip]

At 500+ pages, this is an exhaustive/exhausting overview. Unfortunately, it suffers from a confusing arrangement—all shells are sorted by distribution (where in the world) and habitat (what particular ocean environment/depth), rather than by taxonomy (sorted by type of shell).

Useful and informative, but not a regular go-to.