Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The Illustrated Handbook Rusmore-Villaume Mary Lyn
Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The Illustrated Handbook Rusmore-Villaume Mary Lyn Stunning photographs make this guide to the seashells of Egypt's Red Sea coast a delight for scientists and…
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Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The Illustrated Handbook Rusmore-Villaume Mary Lyn
Stunning photographs make this guide to the seashells of Egypt's Red Sea coast a delight for scientists and beachcombers alike. The book is organized by taxonomy, divided between gastropods and bivalves, and each species is illustrated with one or more photographs for easy identification, all taken especially for this book by the author using shells from her own collection. Biologist Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume offers succinct descriptions of over five hundred species, indicating geographic range, size, color, and other details.
The species covered come from all regions of Egypt bordering the Red Sea, including the Gulf of Suez, South Sinai, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the mainland coast from Hurghada to Shalatein.As the only guide to All the shells most people are likely to see are included here, as well as many rare specimens (including an entirely new species discovered by the author).