Utah Mollusk Identification Guide

Eric J. Wagner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2023
University of Utah Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-64769-087-8 (ISBN)

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The most up-to-date and comprehensive guide available for identifying snails, slugs, and bivalves in Utah and neighboring areas.

The Utah Mollusk Identification Guide offers up-to-date information for identifying aquatic and terrestrial snails, slugs, clams, and mussels within the state of Utah, providing comparative tables, taxonomic keys, and more than 230 images, including many type specimen images published for the first time. Amateur naturalists and biologists alike will benefit from detailed information regarding size, type, specimen location, junior synonyms (including taxonomy notes), original descriptions for each of the 139 species, and comments to help differentiate similar species.

In contrast to older guides, this book includes data on the external and internal anatomy of mollusks. Taxonomic names are updated to incorporate the latest information available. Family descriptions and miscellaneous data on ecology, life history, and genetics are also presented. Distribution data are based on historical articles, museum records, personal observations, and collections. Although the focus is on Utah mollusks, many species are widely distributed and the data, images, references, and taxonomy details within the guide will be of interest to many outside the state.

Eric J. Wagner recently retired from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, where he worked for 30 years conducting fisheries and aquaculture research and monitoring aquatic invasive species. He has authored numerous research articles on aquaculture and A Guide to the Identification of Tailed Myxobolidae of the World, an open-access textbook and guide to a group of fish parasites in the phylum Myxozoa.

Preface
Acknowledgments
What’s in the Guide
Introduction
Utah Gastropoda Key
Phylum Mollusca
The Freshwater Snails
The Terrestrial Snails
Utah Bivalvia Key
Mussels and Clams
Bibliography
Glossary

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	336 colour illustrations
Verlagsort	Salt Lake City
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-64769-087-0 / 1647690870
ISBN-13	978-1-64769-087-8 / 9781647690878
Zustand	Neuware