|  |  | 
 References
 
 
 
 Note that size limitations placed on this site necessitated brevity in covering such a diverse and widespread fossil (and living) group such as the Gastropods.  The excellent references used in the research for this web site will be of use to those seeking more information (also see the Links page):
 
 
 
 Atlas of Invertebrate Macrofossils  Edited by Murray, John W.  Longman Group Ltd., Harlow, Essex. 1985.
 
 
 Collins Photo Guide to Fossils  by Mayr, Helmut.  Harpur Collins Pub., London. 1992.
 
 
 Inverterate Plaeontology and Evolution  by Clarkson, E. N. K.  Unwin Hyman Ltd., London. 1986.
 
 
 Molluscs 5th ed.  by Morton, J. E.  Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.,  London. 1979.
 
 
 Mollusks  by Bartsch, Paul.  Dover Books, New York. 1968.
 
 
 National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils  by Thompson,  Ida.  Alfred A. Knopf., New York. 1996.
 
 
 A Natural History of Shells  by Vermed, Geerat J.  Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. 1993.
 
 
 New Encyclopaedia Brittanica  ed. Encylopaedia Brittanica, Chicago. 1985. pgs 306-320.
 
 
 Plaeontology of Invertebrates  by Enay, Raymond.  Springer-Verlag, London. 1990.
 
 
 Pelagic Snails  by Gilmer, Ronald W. and Lalli, Carol M.  Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif. 1989.
 
 
 The Shell: 500 Million Years of Inspired Design  by Stix, Hugh and Stix, Marguerite.  Harry N Abrams Inc. Pub., New York. 1968.
 
 
 The Shell Makers, Introducing Mollusks  by Solem, George Alan.  Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York. 1974.
 
 
 The World of Fossils  by Pinna, Giovanni.  Bounty Books, New York. 1973.
 
 
 
 
 The images used throughout the site were found at other sites of interest on the web.  A few were also shamelessly scanned.  Here's the credits:
 
 
 
 
 Figure 1:  Conus comparison, with image from right side a fossil, scanned from Audobon Society Field Guide (below).  Left Endemoconus Seieboldii   conus scanned from Gastropods From Continental Shelf and Slope Around Japan (below).Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils  by the National Audobon Society;  Audobon Press 1994.  Page ??.
 Gastropods From Around Continental Shelf and Slope Around Japan  by Okutani, Takashi;  Tagawa, Masaru;  and Horikawa, Hiroshi; Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association, Tokyo 1998.  Page 156.
 
 Figure 2:  Devonian Bellerophron striatus   from near Cologne, Germany.The World of Fossils  by Pinna, Giovanni;  Bounty Books, New York. 1972.  Page 77.
 
 Figure 3:   Rhiostoma chupingense .  From Molluscan Pictures
 
 Figure 4:  Mating Limax maximus  , slugs.  From 
The Official Pacific Northwest Slug Page
 
 Figure 5:  A Nudibranch.  From 
 Reef Science International
 
 Fig 6:  A common garden slug from Britain.  From British Gardening On-Line
 
 Fig 7:  Malaysian Diplommatina  ventriculus   shells.  Photo coutrtesy of Chan Sow-Yan's 
Molluscan Pictures
 
 Fig 8:  A veliger larva of the marine gastropod N. incrassatus  .  From Living Marine Molluscs  by Thompson, T.M. and Younge C. M.;  William Collins & Sons Ltd., London. 1976.  Page 97, plate 6.
 
 Fig 9: Gastropod, Cephalopod and Archimollusc.  Modified from New Encyclopaedia Brittanica  ed. Encylopaedia Brittanica, Chicago. 1985. fig 3 pg 308
 
 Fig 10:  The Parts of a Typical Gastropod Shell.  Modified from Molluscan Pictures
 
 Fig 11:  Generalised Gastopod Shell Forms. From Plaeontology of Invertebrates  by Enay, Raymond.  Springer-Verlag, London. 1990.
 
 Fig 12:  A tiny Nudibranch with regulator guage.  Modified from 
Diveboat.com
 
 Fig 13:  Nektic red "Spanish Dancer" Nudibranch.  Modified from Carl Roessler's 
Sea & See
 
 Fig 15:  Radiative Evolution of the Molluscs.  Modified from Plaeontology of Invertebrates  by Enay, Raymond.  Springer-Verlag, London. 1990. 
 
 Fig 17:  Dendropupa vetusta   snail.  From The Shell Makers, Introducing Mollusks   by Solem, George Alan.  Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York. 1974.  Original artwork by Dawson.
 
 Fig 18:  A Phillipine marine Chromodoris annae  Nudibranch.  Modified from Jeff's Nudibranch and Coral Reef Gallery
 
 Fig 19:  An Alabaster dirona (Dirona albolineata  ) Nudibranch, living in Georgia Straight near Vancouver Island.  From BC Creatures Page
 
 Fig 20:  Conus  parius    From 
Molluscan Pictures
 
 Fig 21:  limpet.gif  A finger limpet.  From Cal Poly University 
 
 Fig 22:  A Janthina  prolongata    . From Living Marine Molluscs  by Thompson, T.M. and Younge C. M.;  William Collins & Sons Ltd., London. 1976.
 
 Sidebar background modified from 
Molluscan Pictures; Back, Next, Links, Ecology &Evolution buttons modified from same.  Fossil Record & References buttons modified from BIODIDAC.  Refernces button also modified from Amazon.com.  Glossary button modified from 
Stones & Bones.  Gastropoda Main button and title graphic (both fossil Planorbaris O. Basommatophora  ) modified from Collins Photo Guide to Fossils  by Mayr, Helmut.  Harpur Collins Pub., London. 1992.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    BACK |
NEXT
 
 
 
 |