Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks

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Stanford University Press, 1989 - Science - 259 pages
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

Introduction
1
The Janthinid Snails
8
The Heteropods
29
Epifauna and Parasites
49
The Thecosomes
118
15
162
The Gymnosomes
167
23
186
24
193
27
213
The Planktonic Nudibranchs
214
34
220
37
231
Glossary
239
50
249
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