Abbott, R. Tucker.
A Guide to Field Identification: Seashells of North America
. New York: Golden Press, 1968. Excellent phoyos and identification, very clear organization.
Abbott, R. Tucker.
Sea Shells of the World
. New York: Golden Press, 1962. Handy size to carry to the beach for immediate field identification, excellent photos with brief explanations.
Abbott, R. Tucker.
Kingdom of the Seashell
. New York: Crown Pub., Inc., 1972. Excellent colorfuf photos, excellent general knowledge of shell classes, reproduction, location, and collecting.
Campbell, Andrew.
Nature Library
:
Seashore Life
. New York: Exeter Books, 1983. Beautiful photos, diagrams, information on general marine life.
Gordon, Julius and Townsend,E. Weeks.
Seashells of the Northeast
Coast from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland
. Washington: Hancock House Pub., 1982. Excellent identification of the classes gstropoda and pelecypoda.
Morris, Percy A.
A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts and the West Indie
s. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973. Excellent identfication with mainly noncolor photos.
Purchon, R. D.
The Biology of the Mollusca
. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968. Excellent informationon the different classes of mollusks, very scientific with excellent diagrams.
Rhoads, Donald C. and Lutz, Richard A.
Skeletal Growth of Aquatic Organisms
. New York: Plenum Press, 1980. Excellent information on shell minerology, growth, and form scientific, includes environmental factors.
Sterling, Dorothy.
The Outer Lands
. New York: Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1974. An excellent natural history guide including the Long Island Sound region, very readable.
Wilbur, K. M. and Yonge, C. M.
Physiology of Mollusca
. Vol. I, II. New York: Academy Press, 1964. Excellent information on the physiology of mollusca in both volumes, excellent diagrams.
Zim, Herbert S.
Seashores
. New York: Golden Press, 1955. Handy size to carry for immediate field identification, excellent photos with brief explanations.
Zinn, Donald J.
The Handbook for Beach Strollers from Maine to
Cape Hatteras
. Conn.: The Pequot Press, 1975. An excellent natural history guide with recipes of mollusks included.
