Directory of Mollusca Resources

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The Molluscs are a large phylum of about 100,000 species. They are characterised by the shell and the mantle that secretes it, the radula which is a peculiar file-like feeding structure, and the moluscan gills. The phylum includes, as well as certain primitive groups, the Bivalves which include the cockle and mussel, the Cephalopods which include the cuttlefish, squid and octopus, and the Gastropods which include the limpet, whelk, snails and slugs.

Subcategories

• Aplacophora
• Bivalvia
• Cephalopoda
• Gastropoda
• Monoplacophora
• Polyplacophora
• Scaphopoda

Resources in This Category

• Alabama Mollusks

  http://fly.hiwaay.net/~dwills/alaview.html
  Overview of endangered, common, and exotic freshwater and marine bivalves and gastropods.

• An Identification Manual for the Freshwater Snails of Florida

  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/MALACOLOGY/fl-snail/SNAILS1.htm
  Provides a key to the freshwater bivalves and gastropods of the south east US.

• Barton Beds: Gastropods, Scaphopod, Cephalopod

  http://www.dmap.co.uk/fossils/barton/gast/bartgast.htm
  Photographs of the fossil shells of molluscs from the UK.

• Catalogue of Mediterranean Seashells

  http://turin.net/catalogue_shell/
  Listing of major taxa in the region in all molluscan classes with line drawings of some species.

• Check List of European Marine Mollusca

  http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/
  This site provides a searchable database that allows the user to search for taxonomic references by taxon, geographical locality, author or keyword.

• Freshwater Molluscan Shells

  http://www.mkohl1.net/FWshells.html
  Martin Kohl supplies a gallery and extensive systematic information about freshwater gastropods and bivalves.

• Galaxy of Images: Shells and Mollusks

  http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageGalaxy_collResult.cfm?term=Shells+and+Mollusks
  Provides images from the printed books and manuscripts in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

• Keys to the Mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands

  http://www.aecos.com/CPIE/inv_03.html
  Identification guide to Hawaiian bivalves and gastropods.

• Life on Australian Seashores: Molluscs

  http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/molluscs.html
  A useful guide to Australian marine molluscs, providing for each species a description and details of distribution, habitat and biology.

• Mollusca

  http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Mollusca&contgroup=Animals
  Information from the Tree of Life Project about mollusk systematics with references and links.

• Mollusks of San Salvador, Bahamas

  http://oceanica.cofc.edu/SanSalMollusks/HomeMollusks.htm
  Photos of representatives of the major families of bivalves and gastropods.

• Mollusks: Phylum Mollusca

  http://animals.about.com/od/mollusks/p/mollusks.htm
  A diverse group of animals that include cephalopods (squid, octopuses, cuttlefish), gastropods (nudibranchs, snails, slugs, limpets, sea hares) and bivalves (mussels, clams, oysters, scallops).

• Phylum Mollusca

  http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mollusca/classification/
  Information about mollusks from the Animal Diversity Web.

• Seashells of New South Wales

  http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/
  A guide to the sea shells of New South Wales, Australia, with high quality images and detailed information.

• The Mollusca

  http://www.sfu.ca/~fankbone/mollusca/
  Online material for a course at Simon Fraser University. Includes anatomical diagrams and photographs of the different classes of mollusk.

• The Phylum Mollusca

  http://www.manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/advanced_intro_printable.html
  Introduction to these organisms, with photographs and information on the various classes and their biology.

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