Molluscan Faunas of the Gulf of Mexico - Endemism in North Americas Inland Sea

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. These species are illustrated here on 132 color plates and discussed in detail.

List of contents

The Gulf of Mexico: North America's Inland Sea. Chapter 1. The Carolinian Molluscan Province. Chapter 2. Endemic Mollusks of the Gulf of Mexico. Chapter 3. Endemic Mollusks of the Floridian Subprovince. Chapter 4. Endemic Mollusks of the Suwannean Subprovince. Chapter 5. Endemic Mollusks of the Texan Subprovince. Chapter 6. Endemic Mollusks of the Yucatanean Subprovince. Systematic Appendix. Literature Cited. Index of Illustrated Specimens. Geographic and Oceanographic Index.

About the author

Edward J. Petuch is Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University. His research spans the geology, biostratigraphy, and invertebrate paleontology of the Floridian Peninsula and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the systematics, ecology, and biogeography of the western Atlantic mollusks (both fossil and recent) and biotic catastrophe and extinction theory, paleoceanography, and paleoclimatology.
David P. Berschauer was the Chief Research Editor of the Southwestern Law Review and has published articles in both law and science. He is the Editor of the journal "The Festivus" out of the San Diego Shell Club, now one of the world's top shell journals/magazines. Mr. Berschauer has been practicing law for over twenty years serving the community in South Orange County.

Summary

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. These species are illustrated here on 132 color plates and discussed in detail.

Product details

• Authors: David P. Berschauer, Edward J. Petuch, Edward J. (Florida Atlantic Univ.) Berscha Petuch, Petuch Edward J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032883588
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288358-8
• No. of pages: 223
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Gulf of Mexico, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates, Biodiversity, Botany & plant sciences, Palaeontology, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Historical Geology, Marine Biology, Botany and plant sciences, Zoology: invertebrates, Historical geology and palaeogeology