Eyewitness Explorers: Shells

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Summary: A very good intro shell book
Review: Dance has once again developed a useful shell book for the beginner. Excellent specimens are shown in full color photos. Some basic info on depth different species and habitat is also given. I have two problems with the book that provent me from giving it 5 Stars. First are the locality maps. The text lists accurate locality but the maps are way off. For example a species only found in the Philippines is shown as occurring across the whole Indo-Pacific. A novice or someone who isn't so hot in geography is going to have problems with that. Second, I wish they had more represenative species. It's a little thin in the diversity of shells. Overall though a useful starter.

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Summary: I thought it was a fantastic first-field guide.
Review: However, I was a little annoyed at the scarcity of the other regions in the book,mostly because I was interested in finding out about the shells within the area in which I visit to go shelling. However, I thought it was a wonderful first-field-guide with excellent color pictures, specific descriptions, indication of common\uncommon, and the size of the shells.

Rating:
Summary: A very good intro shell book
Review: This has to be one of the most useful books I have bought. The photography is very clear. The colors are also good. Best of all I can see all of this without my bifocals.

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Summary: Picture Perfect
Review: This has to be one of the most useful books I have bought. The photography is very clear. The colors are also good. Best of all I can see all of this without my bifocals.