References
Selected References
Barinaga, M. 1990. Science digests the secrets of voracious killer snails. Science 249:250–251. Describes current research on the toxins produced by cone snails.
Gosline, J. M., and M. D. DeMont. 1985. Jetpropelled swimming in squids. Sci. Am. 252:96–103 (Jan.). Mechanics of swimming in squid are analyzed; elasticity of collagen in mantle increases efficiency.
Kuznik, F. 1993. America’s aching mussels. National Wildlife (Oct.–Nov.) pp. 34–39. Details the miserable status of freshwater clams (or mussels) in the United States.
Morris, P. A. (W. J. Clench [editor]). 1973. A field guide to shells of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies, ed. 3. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. An excellent revision of a popular handbook.
Moynihan, M. 1985. Communication and noncommunication by cephalopods. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. Readable summarization of our understanding of communication in this remarkable group of molluscs.
Roper, C. R. E., and K. J. Boss. 1982. The giant squid. Sci. Am. 246:96–105 (April). Many mysteries remain about the deep-sea squid, Architeuthis, because it has never been studied alive. It can reach a weight of 1000 pounds and a length of 18 m, and its eyes are as large as automobile headlights.
Ross, J. 1994. An aquatic invader is running amok in U.S. waterways. Smithsonian 24(11):40–50 (Feb.). A small bivalve, the zebra mussel apparently introduced into the Great Lakes with ballast water from ships, is clogging up intake pipes and municipal water supplies. It will take billions of dollars to control.
Ward, P. 1983. The extinction of the ammonites. Sci. Am. 249:136–147 (Oct.). Like nautiloids, ammonoids arose in the Paleozoic. Subsequently, they underwent several explosive radiations, the last of which was in the late Mesozoic, and then became extinct.
Ward, P., L. Greenwald, and O. E. Greenwald. 1980. The buoyancy of the chambered nautilus. Sci. Am. 243:190–203 (Oct.). Reviews discoveries on how the nautilus removes water from a chamber after secreting a new septum.
Woodruff, D. S., and M., Mulvey. 1997. Neotropical schistosomiasis: African affinities of the host snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 60:505–516. The pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata is the intermediate host in the New World for Schistosoma mansoni, an important trematode of humans. Allozyme analysis shows that B. glabrata clusters with African species rather than the neotropical ones. Thus, when S. mansoni was brought to New World in African slaves, it found a compatible host.
Zorpette, G. 1996. Mussel mayhem, continued. Sci. Am. 275:22–23 (Aug.). Some benefits, though dubious, of the zebra mussel invasion have been described, but these are outweighted by the problems created.
Barinaga, M. 1990. Science digests the secrets of voracious killer snails. Science 249:250–251. Describes current research on the toxins produced by cone snails.
Gosline, J. M., and M. D. DeMont. 1985. Jetpropelled swimming in squids. Sci. Am. 252:96–103 (Jan.). Mechanics of swimming in squid are analyzed; elasticity of collagen in mantle increases efficiency.
Kuznik, F. 1993. America’s aching mussels. National Wildlife (Oct.–Nov.) pp. 34–39. Details the miserable status of freshwater clams (or mussels) in the United States.
Morris, P. A. (W. J. Clench [editor]). 1973. A field guide to shells of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies, ed. 3. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. An excellent revision of a popular handbook.
Moynihan, M. 1985. Communication and noncommunication by cephalopods. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. Readable summarization of our understanding of communication in this remarkable group of molluscs.
Roper, C. R. E., and K. J. Boss. 1982. The giant squid. Sci. Am. 246:96–105 (April). Many mysteries remain about the deep-sea squid, Architeuthis, because it has never been studied alive. It can reach a weight of 1000 pounds and a length of 18 m, and its eyes are as large as automobile headlights.
Ross, J. 1994. An aquatic invader is running amok in U.S. waterways. Smithsonian 24(11):40–50 (Feb.). A small bivalve, the zebra mussel apparently introduced into the Great Lakes with ballast water from ships, is clogging up intake pipes and municipal water supplies. It will take billions of dollars to control.
Ward, P. 1983. The extinction of the ammonites. Sci. Am. 249:136–147 (Oct.). Like nautiloids, ammonoids arose in the Paleozoic. Subsequently, they underwent several explosive radiations, the last of which was in the late Mesozoic, and then became extinct.
Ward, P., L. Greenwald, and O. E. Greenwald. 1980. The buoyancy of the chambered nautilus. Sci. Am. 243:190–203 (Oct.). Reviews discoveries on how the nautilus removes water from a chamber after secreting a new septum.
Woodruff, D. S., and M., Mulvey. 1997. Neotropical schistosomiasis: African affinities of the host snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 60:505–516. The pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata is the intermediate host in the New World for Schistosoma mansoni, an important trematode of humans. Allozyme analysis shows that B. glabrata clusters with African species rather than the neotropical ones. Thus, when S. mansoni was brought to New World in African slaves, it found a compatible host.
Zorpette, G. 1996. Mussel mayhem, continued. Sci. Am. 275:22–23 (Aug.). Some benefits, though dubious, of the zebra mussel invasion have been described, but these are outweighted by the problems created.
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