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Download or read book The Biology of the Mollusca written by R. D. Purchon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the most important literature on the functional morphology and natural history of molluscs over a period of half a century, from 1925 to the present day, and draws extensively upon authoritative papers published mostly in the English language in a large number of international journals during this period. By these means it is hoped to provide an anthology of what is most interesting in the literature in a number of selected topics. Appendices give some practical assistance for the dissection of selected examples