Shell Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Molluscan Lives

An hourly guide that follows twenty-four mollusks to reveal the fascinating lives behind their shells.

From morning to night and from the Arctic to the equator, snails, clams, and other shell-making mollusks have busy days. In this short book, acclaimed author and marine biologist Helen Scales shows readers exactly how these animals spend their time. Each chapter of Shell Day features a single mollusk during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four different species.

Far in the north, the ...