Contents 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Preface vii 



List of Plates xi 



Foreword by H. A. Pilsbry xiii 



Part I — The Natural History of Seashells 



I Man and Mollusks 3 



II Life of the Snails 16 



III Life of the Clams 31 



IV Lives of the Other Mollusks 46 



V Collecting American Seashells 56 



VI How to Know American Seashells 70 



Part II — Guide to the American Seashells 



VII Class Gastropoda (Periwinkles, Conchs and Other Snails) 



VIII Class Amphineura (Coat-of -mails and Other Chitons) . 



IX Class Scaphopoda (Dentaliums and Other Tusk-shells) . 



X Class Pelecypoda (Scallops, Oysters and Other Clams) 



XI Class Cephalopoda (Squid, Octopus and Cuttlefish) . 



XII Guide to the MoUuscan Literature 



Index to Subject Matter and Common Names . 

 Index to Scientific Names 



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