Literature and web links

Clarkson E N K (1998). Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution. 4th ed. Oxford, Blackwell.

Knight J B, Cox L R, Myra Keen C A, Smith A G, Batten R L, Yochelson E L, Ludbrook N H, Robertson R, Yonge C M and Moore R C (1960). Tretise on invertebrate paleontology. New York, The Geological Society of America.

Weblinks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropod
Introduction.
Very good.

http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Molluscs/Gastropoda/Gastropoda.html

General.
Very good.

www.shellmuseum.org/GastropodsLeal.pdf
General.
Very good.

http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogue/macromarine/gastropoda.htm
Photographs of gastropods.
Very good.

http://erato.acnatsci.org/ams/meetings/archives/2005/abstract_volume_html-01/node19.html
Gastropod reproduction.
Good.

http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/grad/weaver/Pages/home.html

Slug mating.
Informative.

http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/biomedia/subunits/gastropod34_tors.htm
Torsion.
Good.

http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Molluscs/Gastropoda/systematics.html

Gastropod taxonomy.
Detailed.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

Geological time.

Very good.

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Author: Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill
Last updated: 22.11.05
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