CREATED BY: MARCO & GUIDO ARDUINO - TURIN, ITALY

MONOPLACOPHORA They are considered "living fossils". The shell is in one piece, as the name of the Class suggests.

POLYPLACOPHORA They are mollusks which have a shell composed of several pieces (many). They are all connected in order to act as a shield.

GASTROPODA 1 The FIRST part of the Class that contains the greatest number of mollusks.

GASTROPODA 2 The SECOND part of the Class that contains the greatest number of mollusks.

BIVALVIA The very explicit term Bivalvia indicates that the animals in this class have a shell composed of two halves, or valves.

CEPHALOPODA Their organs are in their head and tentacles grow on this head; from a biological point of veiw, they are the most highly evolved of mollusks.

SCAPHOPODA The shell of this mollusks is extremely unusual; infact its shape reminds one of an elefant's tusk.

EXAMPLE OF DRAWINGS A little part of drawings presents in the book. The catalogue contain a total of 1580 drawings.

The complete list of this HomePage has been extract from the BOOK: AUTHORS: GUIDO ARDUINO - BRUNO LOCATELLI - FRANCO ORLANDO - GIOVANNI REPETTO PRINTED BY: AMICI DEL MUSEO "F. ESUSEBIO" - ALBA - ITALY It's a handbook that illustrates, through DRAWING, 1580 kind of mediterranean seashells. For each of them, the book furnishes: Drawing, Class, Kind, Discoverer, Year of the discovery, Size. If you want more information on this book send E-MAIL to the following address:mrcardu@tin.it

ATTENTION!!!! To allow the Conchologists to verify the scientific correctness of the drawings, SEND ME E-MAIL with the name of the shell that you want to see and I will send you FREE!! , by electronic mail, his drawing (.gif 10k).