Seashells Jewels from the Ocean Author:Budd Titlow A natural history of the science and culture of seashells, this exquisitely illustrated volume includes close-up photography and basic explanations of different shell types--univalves, bivalves, and cephalopods--how they are formed, what mollusks inhabit them, their morphology and life cycles, and much more. With its bewildering array of shell s... more »hapes, colors, sizes, and types, and descriptions of where the different shells can be found, the book will appeal to amateur and expert, collector and desultory beachcomber alike.« less