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100 1 _aSowerby, G. B.
_q(George Brettingham),
_d1812-1884
245 1 2 _aA conchological manual
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-08-07
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"A Conchological Manual" by G. B. Sowerby is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This manual serves as a comprehensive guide to conchology, the study of molluscan shells, and aims to provide both an introductory familiarity and a reference resource for serious researchers in the field. The work is extensively illustrated, featuring over six hundred figures that depict various shell types and their classifications. The opening portion of the manual includes a preface that outlines its purpose and structure, emphasizing the importance of understanding shells in both their aesthetic and scientific dimensions. Sowerby expresses gratitude to contributors and mentions the inclusion of systematic arrangements based on the work of notable naturalists like Lamarck. He highlights the need for conchologists, whether casual collectors or serious scholars, to pursue a systematic study of shells, discussing the organization of information alphabetically for ease of access. The introduction outlines the nature of conchology, describing shells and their relationship to the mollusks that inhabit them, ultimately preparing the reader for a detailed exploration of shell classification and structure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMollusks -- Dictionaries
653 _aShells -- Dictionaries
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43417
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