Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (43 page)

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Authors: Helen Scales

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conch shells
9

10
,
80

queen conch
111

shankh
63

4

conchifera
36

cone snails
38
,
42
,
64
,
234

8
,
251

2
,
289

conotoxins
238

43

deadly venom
235

hunting prey
234

5
,
235

7

number of species
234

protection in the wild
252
,
253

4

venom collection
252

3

conodonts
180

conotoxins
237

8

chemical composition
238

9

neurological effects
239

41

therapeutic possibilities
241

3

conservation
254

Conus
234

gloriamus
219
,
230

1

Conway Morris, Simon
30

1

Cook, James
209

10

coprolites
184

5

Coral Triangle
216

17
,
283

corals
29
,
42
,
48
,
110
,
142

coral reefs
12

14
,
18
,
123
,
135

Cornwall
15

17

Cowrie, Cuming’s
227

Gold Ringer
96

7

Money
61
,
68
,
93
,
96
,
97
,
204

cowries
11
,
17
,
79

mantle
41

2

turning cowries into currency
91

8

crabs
17
,
19
,
53
,
61
,
104

hermit
18
,
137

43
,
286

land hermit
139

41

pea
169

Craik, David
242

Cranch, John
177
,
207

8

Crassotrea
119

creation myths
80

crustaceans
26
,
104

cultch
131

Cuming, Hugh
205

7
,
208

9

conchology
215

16
,
223

6

Coral Triangle expedition
216
,
218

21

Discoverer
expeditions
209
,
210

15

Museum Cuming collection
226

32

currency
91

3

slave trade
93

6

cuttlefish
17
,
26
,
27
,
43
,
178
,
182

coloration
76

cuttlebones
44
,
267

Cuvier, Georges
193

d’Errico, Francesco
82

Dall, William Healey
143

Dance, Peter
A History of Shell Collecting
227

Darwin, Charles
214
,
224

5
,
231

Dead Man’s Fingers
17

Descartes, René
50

dextral shells
63

7

diabetes
244

diatoms
19
,
37
,
106

echinoderms
26
,
33
,
283

ecosystems
13
,
14
,
18

how to probe an ecosystem
273

6

mussel beds
134

7

rebuilding oysterbeds
131

4

Eldredge, Lucius G.
61

Endean, Bob
237
,
242

Ermentrout, Bard
71

2
,
73

6
,
231

escargots
65
,
105

exoskeletons
53
,
248
,
264

farmed seafood
101

oyster farms
104

rope-grown mussels
103

4

‘trash fish’
120

feet
36
,
39

41
,
67

Finn, Julian
201

2

Finnemore, Alex
249

food
100

5

overfishing
109

12

oyster harvesting in Gambia
112

20

poisoning outbreaks
89

90
,
105

9

foraminifera
19
,
257
,
258

fossil record
28

33
,
65

6

ammonoids
186

9

cephalopods
178

82
,
192

3

Fraaije, René
137

Frembly, John
208

gastropods
26

7
,
33
,
35
,
43

feeding on oysters
44

living with hermit crabs
142

teeth
37

Gattuso, Jean-Pierre
280

Gaydarska, Bisserka
87
,
88

Gaza, Theodorus
149

geckos
48
,
67
,
228

genitalia
64

5
,
245

Geoduck
42

geology
185

6

Gerlach, Justin
228

giant clams
18
,
109

11
,
288

9

giant mangrove snails
19

gills
24
,
36
,
39
,
40
,
126
,
128
,
130
,
132
,
169
,
265

Gilmer, Ronald
259

Glaucus atlantica
260

1

Glory of the Sea
219

20
,
230

1
,
232
,
288

Glowacki, Mary
90

Golding William
80

Gong, Zhenqiang
75

grave goods
11
,
77

8
,
79
,
85

8
,
89

Gray, John Edward
225
,
227

Great Barrier Reef, Australia
13
,
110
,
237

Grimpoteuthis
43

Grimwood, Captain
209
,
210

14
,
218

Grotte des Pigeons, Morocco
82
,
84

Harbison, Richard
259

Harries, Dan
135

6

Helioceras
187

8

hermaphroditism
64
,
260

Hertz, Adolph Jacob
96

7

Hogendorn, Jan
95

Hooker, William Jackson
223

Hoso, Masaki
67

human sacrifice
90

1

Hydrobia
40

hydrothermal vents
24

5
,
250

1
,
264

Ibla cumingi
224

5

Ibn Battuta
93

ichthyosaurs
188

insects
23

4
,
26

Ipoh, Malaysia
47

8

Janha, Fatou
112

20

Janthina
260

jewellery
77

8
,
80
,
89

signs of inequality
84

8

the oldest gems
82

4

Johnson, Marion
95

Kimberella
32

Kingfisher, Malachite
114

Kocot, Kevin
34

5
,
36

Kohn, Alan
236

7

KOSMOS (Kiel Off-Shore Mesocosms for future Ocean Simulation)
273

6
,
280

Kruta, Isabelle
191

Kurlansky, Mark
111

L-dopa
243

4

Laidre, Mark
141

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste
193

land snails
18
,
286

Landman, Neil
192

Langur, Delacour
48

Leach, William
177
,
207

left-coiling shells
63

7

Lewy, Zeef
179

Liew, Thor-Seng
49
,
59

Limacina helicina
269
,
270

limestone formations
47

9

Limpet, Dismal
230

Slipper
126
,
133

4
,
267

limpets
26
,
37
,
40
,
43
,
66
,
188
,
286

Linnaeus, Carl
178
,
209

10

Lischka, Silke
256
,
257

8
,
260
,
261
,
269

70
,
272
,
274

5

lobsters
19
,
53
,
104

Local Activation with Lateral Inhibition (LALI)
71

2

logarithmic spirals
50

2

Lord of the Flies
80

Lovell, Matilda Sophia
102

Lyell, Charles
225

Mach Bands
72

Maeder, Felicitas
152

3

Manno, Clara
270
,
271

mantles
36
,
41

3

building shells
51

2

patterns
69

70
,
71

2
,
73

4
,
75
,
76

marine habitats
14
,
18

destruction
281

Marrocu, Ignazio
157
,
160

mating
64

5

oysters
128

9

Matthew, G. F.
30

McKinley, Daniel
147

51

Meinhardt, Hans
69

72

Meinhardt, Hans
69

Melo
78

Michelson, Arnold
56

7

microsnails
48

9
,
59
,
62
,
188
,
251

Mirkhalaf, Mohammad
248

Möbius, Karl
123

4

Mollusca
19

MolluscaBase
22

molluscs
19
,
21

5
,
36
,
233
,
283

5

cooking and eating alive
104

5

feet
39

41

fossil record
28

33

number of species
22

3

ocean acidification
261

8

phylogeny
34

5

predation
61

2

shells
41

5

slime
40

teeth
37

9

what is a mollusc?
26

8

which came first, the mollusc or the shell?
33

6

monoplacophorans
27
,
35

Montagu, George
206

7
,
208
,
214

morphospaces, theoretical
58

9

morphospecies
23
,
251

mosasaurs
188

Moseley, Henry
51

mother-of-pearl
51
,
247

9

Mumbles Oyster Company
127

8

murex shells
163

Musée Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
22

museums of possible creatures
54

9

Mussel Adhesive Proteins (MAPs)
243

5

Mussel, Blue
134
,
147

Horse
134

mussels
16
,
19
,
21
,
27
,
39

mussel glue
243

5

nacre
51
,
247

9
,
250
,
252

Naef, Adolf
179

Nassarius
82

gibbosulus
83

4

Natural History Museum, London
10

11
,
153

Museum Cuming shell collection
226

32

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