A Guide to Land Snails of Australia
eBook - ePub

A Guide to Land Snails of Australia

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Guide to Land Snails of Australia

About this book

Australia's native land snails are an often-overlooked invertebrate group that forms a significant part of terrestrial biodiversity, with an estimated 2500 species present in Australia today.

A Guide to Land Snails of Australia is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment. The book presents clear diagnostic features of live snails and their shells, and is richly illustrated with a broad range of Australia's native snail, semi-slug and slug species. Comprehensive coverage is also included of the many exotic species introduced to Australia.

In a unique bioregional approach, the reader is taken on a trek through some of Australia's spectacular regional landscapes, highlighting their endemic and special snail faunas. This section is supplemented with key localities where species can be found.

Certificate of Commendation, The Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2023 Whitley Awards: Zoology Guide

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Yes, you can access A Guide to Land Snails of Australia by John Stanisic,Darryl Potter,Lorelle Stanisic in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Ecology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Preface: A snail whisperer’s odyssey
  9. Introduction
  10. 1: The discovery and study of Australia’s native land snails
  11. 2: Land snail form and function
  12. 3: Land snail behaviour
  13. 4: Snails in the environment
  14. 5: Identification of land snails
  15. 6: Australian native land snail families
  16. 7: Snails introduced to Australia
  17. 8: Regional land snail faunas
  18. 9: Collecting land snails
  19. 10: Human uses of land snails
  20. Appendix: Classification of Australia’s land snails
  21. Glossary
  22. References
  23. Further reading
  24. Index