Forty-five colorable illustrations of 100 shells, all shown in full color on covers: spider conches, Atlantic Bay scallops, jackknife clams, fig shells, white-edged augurs, flamingo tongues, emperor's slit shell, poisonous textile cone, many more. Captions include common and scientific names.
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44 species: Green-tailed sylph, bird of paradise, scarlet ibis, mandarin duck, many more.