American Seashells; The Marine Molluska of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America [Hardcover]

R. Tucker Abbott (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 663 pages
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold; 2nd edition (December 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0442202288
• ISBN-13: 978-0442202286
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE definitive book on both Pacific and Atlantic, December 8, 2002

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This review is from: American Seashells; The Marine Molluska of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America (Hardcover)

If you have any serious interest in shells or mollusks, get this book. The second edition, published in 1974, is much better than the first. It is chock-full of excellent identifying information, as well as micro-environmental preferences of each animal. Kudos, Dr. Abbott!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong Edition, June 3, 2004

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This review is from: American Seashells; The Marine Molluska of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America (Hardcover)

Under product details, this book is advertised as the second, 1974 edition. I have actually recived the first, 1954 edition from the seller. Beware.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars American Seashells, a classic, February 22, 2007

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This review is from: American Seashells; The Marine Molluska of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America (Hardcover)

R. Tucker Abbott wrote two editions of the American Seashells. The first one is good, the second vastly better; that is much more comprehensive. This volume has been out-of-print for years. It is still the standard with some exceptions. If you need to identify west coast marine bivalves, then Coan, Valentich-Scott, and Bernard's "Bivalve Seashells of Western North America (2000: Alaska to Baja)is the standard. A similar work, by a different author, is in preparation for marine gastropods. Last word was that it would be three volumes.

Despite these works, Abbott, 1974 is still the the book to have.