Survival–The Mollusc by RAJAN SANKARAN and SUDHIR BALDOTA

Description

The exploration of the animal kingdom will be laid out in several volumes of the Survival series. . . . . “Mollusca” is the first of this series. Within are described the qualities of Mollusca in nature, three of its sub-divisions – Bivalvia (oysters, clams…), Gastropoda (limpets, snails…) and Cephalopoda (octopuses, cuttle fish…) and expressions in the human being. Each of these is described with source words, proving information and clinical cases so as to see the whole map and thus make it easy to recognize it in clinical practice.
– from the book’s back cover

448 pages

Table of Contents

Foreword………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

About the Authors ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

Contributors …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9

Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11

Introduction
The Scheme of this Book ……………………………………………………………….. 15
The Approach to Case Taking ………………………………………………………. 17
The Importance of Classification …………………………………………………. 22
Recognising the Animal Song ……………………………………………………… 24
An Introduction to Mollusca ……………………………………………………….. 32
Bivalvia
An Introduction to Bivalvia ………………………………………………………….. 52
The Oyster……………………………………………………………………………………….. 69
The Pearl………………………………………………………………………………………….. 101
The Mussel ………………………………………………………………………………………. 113
The Clam ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 123
The Scallop ………………………………………………………………………………………. 161
A Summary of Bivalvia …………………………………………………………………… 171
Gastropoda
An Introduction to Gastropoda ………………………………………………….. 176
The Cowry ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 203
The Muricid ……………………………………………………………………………………… 233
The Land Snail…………………………………………………………………………………. 255
A Summary of Gastropoda…………………………………………………………… 271
Cephalopoda
An Introduction to Cephalopoda ………………………………………………. 280
The Nautilus ……………………………………………………………………………………. 293
The Cuttlefish………………………………………………………………………………….. 313
The Squid ………………………………………………………………………………………… 367
The Octopus ……………………………………………………………………………………. 385
A Summary of Cephalopoda ……………………………………………………….. 403
A Summary of Mollusca ………………………………………………………………………… 415

6. Appendix

A Glossary of Mollusca terms ……………………………………………………….. 429
A Categorised List of Species Described in this Book ……………….. 441
Index of Scientific Names ……………………………………………………………… 443
Index of Common Names……………………………………………………………. 445