Seashells of China

Description:

Text English. Covers the shells from Northern Pacific Sino-Japanese Region to the Southern Indo-Malayan region. A comprehensive listing of 1661 species (17 Polyplacophora, 954 Gastropoda, 24 Scaphopoda, 605 Bivalva, 61 Cephalopoda). Species descriptions include colour photos; scientific name with authority and date; description; distribution (The Far East subregion of the North Pacific the Sino-Japanese subregion and the Indo-Malayan subregion of the Indo-West Pacific); ecology and economic value; distribution map.

All the significant specimens stored in the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, are illustrated by colour photographs, except for a few colour paintings of those species without shells. About 50 holotype specimens are illustrated for the first time. Each species description includes external morphology, colour, texture, geographic distribution and, when necessary for identification, also internal structure and reproductive characteristics. Unless otherwise specified, most of the shell sizes are taken from those of the photographed specimens. 75 maps show distribution of about 200 common species.