A Guide to Land Snails of Australia

Clayton South 2022, kt., 184 Seiten, viele Farbfotos, ausserdem rasterelektronenmikroskopische Aufnahmen. This book is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment, it 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.