Scales, Helen, <br/><br/>
Spirals in time :  the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells / 
Helen Scales. 
 - 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color) ;  22 cm. 
 - Bloomsbury sigma ;  book four .
 - Bloomsbury sigma series ;  bk. 4. .
<br/><br/> Series information from title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Meet the shell-makers -- How to build a shell -- Sex, death and gems -- Shell food -- A mollusc called home -- Spinning shell stories -- Flight of the Argonauts -- Hunting for treasures -- Bright ideas -- The sea butterfly effect -- Epilogue -- A note on shell-collecting -- Glossary : a word in your shell-like. 
<br/><br/> Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the effects of humans on the environment. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472911384 1472911385 9781472911360 1472911369 1472916700 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017430310 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB529923  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mollusks.<br/>Shells.<br/>Mollusks.<br/>Shells.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL405  / .S33 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>594.147/7