A Guide to Land Snails of Australia

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A Guide to Land Snails of Australia is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment.... Show more

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Product description

Authors	John Stanisic, Darryl Potter & Lorelle Stanisic
Language	English
ISBN	9781486313525
Publisher	CSIRO Publishing
Pages	172
Size	149 x 215 x 13 mm
Format	Paperback
Images	Colour images
Year published	2022

Australia's native land snails are an often-overlooked invertebrate group that forms a significant part of terrestrial biodiversity, with an estimated 2500 species present in Australia today.

A Guide to Land Snails of Australia is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment. The book presents clear diagnostic features of live snails and their shells, and is richly illustrated with a broad range of Australia's native snail, semi-slug and slug species. Comprehensive coverage is also included of the many exotic species introduced to Australia.

In a unique bioregional approach, the reader is taken on a trek through some of Australia's spectacular regional landscapes, highlighting their endemic and special snail faunas. This section is supplemented with key localities where species can be found.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface: A snail whisperer's odyssey
Introduction

1. The discovery and study of Australia’s native land snails
2. Land snail form and function
3. Land snail behaviour
4. Snails in the environment
5. Identification of land snails
6. Australian native land snail families
7. Snails introduced to Australia
8. Regional land snail faunas
9. Collecting land snails
10. Human uses of land snails

Appendix: Classification of Australia's land snails
Glossary
References
Further reading
Index

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